WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Our genome determines some of our individual physical traits — like the color of our eyes — but what can it tell us about our health as a population? How might we best benefit ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Even when genetic diversity appears to be adequate, hidden ...

In a cross-functional project, researchers use cutting-edge genomics to help conservationists manage Australia’s unique ...

In the world of threatened and endangered species conservation, the genomic revolution has raised some complicated questions: How can scientists justify assessing species genetic diversity without ...

Gene editing may hold the key to rescuing endangered species—not just by preserving them, but by restoring their lost genetic diversity using DNA from museum specimens and related species. Scientists ...

Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 30, No. 7 (July 2024), pp. 1-15 (15 pages) Aim: The development of natural habitats into urban land uses has greatly accelerated in the recent past due to human ...

Introduction to the symposium / C.H. Waddington -- The challenge from related species / Edward O. Wilson -- The nature of colonizations in birds / Ernst Mayr -- Genetic systems associated with ...

An international scientific team says gene editing technologies can be repurposed to provide a transformative solution for restoring genetic diversity and saving endangered species. In an article ...

A recent groundbreaking study has radically altered our understanding of human evolution. Homo sapiens, traditionally thought to have descended from a single lineage, is now believed to be the product ...

In the late-1970s, a small freshwater fish known as the snail darter made history when its newly acquired status as an endangered species helped to temporarily block construction of the Tellico Dam in ...