Backed by George R.R. Martin and Peter Jackson, Colossal Biosciences plans to preserve DNA from roughly 2,300 threatened and endangered U.S. species.

Some creative calculations using bug traps, epidemiology and trees suggest there are some 20 million unique insect species on ...

Fiber-optic cables detect silent whales by reading the faint pressure wave a swimming body pushes through the water, a 2026 ...

At an event for pharmaceutical executives, biotech founders, and researchers yesterday, Anthropic announced Claude Science, a ...

Preparing skeletal specimens for display in museums or for forensic studies requires the bones to be thoroughly cleaned to ...

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed what they describe as the world’s ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really a living organism – yet ...

Volunteer scientist spend their time tracking living things in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It's all part of an important science project.

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