High in the Himalayas is a group of people, the Sherpa, that doesn't seem to be adversely affected by the extreme altitude, ...

It wasn’t just today’s bodies that told the story. Ancient DNA backed it up. The researchers traced the variant through time.

Researchers uncover how rapid DNA repair protects genomes from internal threats, with implications for cancer biology Scientists have uncovered a critical role for rapid DNA repair in maintaining ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Publishing in the Cell ...

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

The animal you’re facing down? An elephant bird. Once endemic to Madagascar, the species has now been extinct for 1,000 years ...

My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea of mitochondria being little batteries with a built-in charger, about as ...

Changes in the number, shape, efficiency and interconnectedness of organelles in the cells of flight muscles provide extra ...

Researchers have decoded the mitochondrial DNA of deep-sea sea cucumbers, uncovering unique gene arrangements and genetic ...

Mitochondria are essential organelles that produce the energy ... Our stuff is so undesirable that evolution has designed multiple mechanisms to make sure it is cleared during reproduction,” said Xue.