Starting one's sex life and having children at a young age can run in the family. But can pregnancy have beneficial health ...

Scientists have created the world’s first man-made cell that can eat, grow and reproduce. Called SpudCell, it is the work of ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

Swarms of Asian longhorned ticks are suspected of overwhelming cattle at a Tennessee farm.

A specialized workshop in Sumterville is keeping 19th-century military history alive by handcrafting precise historical ...

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

"We’re hoping we’re really starting the true age of bioeconomy, enabling technology that will let people engineer biology." ...

The deadly H5 form of bird flu that has cut a swath across North America and elsewhere for the past five years has finally been detected in Australia. So what’s stopping this virus turning into the ...

As we head into summer, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking residents to track turkeys across the state.

Researchers say the remarkable fossil preserves embryos and larvae inside the animal's gills, offering a rare glimpse into ...

Areas of East Tennessee are infested with ticks that can carry diseases. Here’s how to avoid them and what to do if you get ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...