Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also threatens to reduce the amount of genetic diversity—or variation—within species ...

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...

The results of inbreeding can be very distressing to witness. In this Instagram post, we see a captive lion with skull deformities, and in this post, we see another lion with drastically shortened ...

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 ...

Food made from pigs engineered to be resistant to a porcine virus are as safe and nutritious to eat as pork currently on the ...

Some scientists who argue for deregulation deny outdoor gene editing is possible. But patents and the scientific literature ...

Why personalized gene editing, genetic resurrections and embryo scoring made our list. Earlier this week, MIT Technology Review published its annual list of Ten Breakthrough Technologies. As always, ...