The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid the ...

The next time you go wild swimming, whether in a lake, river or sea, you are probably sharing the water with one of your tiniest, yet closest relatives.

Humans have long experimented with nature, bending evolution to serve aesthetics, science, and curiosity. Some animals have ...

Researchers at Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute have developed pigs that are resistant to Classical swine fever (CSF), using gene ...

In a breakthrough for animal health and biosecurity, scientists at the Roslin Institute have successfully developed pigs ...

The long-awaited Gene Technology Bill has stalled because New Zealand First won’t support it as it stands. The sticking point ...

For farmers seeking to maximize beef production, all-male cattle could be a win: Males gain weight more efficiently than females. For scientists, successful births would add to a menagerie of ...

Classical swine fever reduces productivity and harms animal welfare, but pigs have now been genetically edited to make them ...

Zoos and private collections teach, inspire, and connect people to animals they may never encounter in the wild. And, in some cases, those animals represent valuable "assurance ...

Humans have been selectively breeding cats and dogs for thousands of years to make more desirable pets. A new startup called the Los Angeles Project aims to speed up that process with genetic ...

Liver cells are indispensable for research—for drug testing, to better understand diseases such as hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis, or liver cancer and for development of future cell therapies.