The long-living sharks aren't as blind as once thought and have DNA repair mechanisms that may help prevent their vision from ...

In a UC Irvine office, Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk studies a video that has changed her view of a deep-sea legend. “You see it ...

Bar-Ilan University research shows even jellyfish and sea anemones repair DNA during repose, underscoring the fact that a ...

The wide entrance of Grotta della Monaca observed from the inside during field activities. Credit: Felice Larocca, CRS “Enzo dei Medici” In a mountain cave in southern Italy, Bronze Age families ...

The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic tangles overwhelm normal repair pathways, cells flip on a fast but error-prone ...