Researchers have successfully reconstructed the ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from human remains that are over two thousand years old.

A virus that infects nearly all children early in life has, in rare cases, been present within human DNA for thousands of ...

The genome structure — how genes are organized within DNA sequences in an organism — is fundamental to the processes and functions of organisms. A team at the University of Tokyo has developed a ...

A wolf puppy's frozen stomach contents have upended theories on the woolly rhinoceros extinction, revealing a genetically healthy population that vanished abruptly around 14,000 years ago.

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we evolved. But some of the most changeable regions of our DNA have been ...

Understanding human gene function in living organisms has long been hampered by fundamental differences between species.

A bizarre and ugly fish that has been around for hundreds of millions of years has been discovered to have the most DNA of any animal ever found. These South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) ...

Researchers from the Center for Paleogenetics have managed to analyze the genome from a 14,400-year-old woolly rhinoceros, ...

Data from a new study links a pair of duplicated genes to human brain features. The research provides a roadmap for scientists to gain a deeper understanding of brain function and evolution, as well ...

Researchers from the Centre for Palaeogenetics at Stockholm University have recovered a woolly rhino genome from the stomach ...

Humanized mouse models are vital for studying human gene function, but fully replacing mouse genes with complete human ...