Many animals show signs of high intelligence, including strong memory, self-awareness and communication skills.

What has puzzled researchers and philosophers for many centuries is the ‘why’ of sleep, along with the ‘how’. We human ...

She was a media sensation in the late 1990s, but not much has been mentioned about Dolly, the first cloned sheep.

In what’s been called a world first, consumers in the UK are now able to buy a pet treat made with lab-grown meat.

This internal left-right asymmetry is believed to begin at the very early stage of development -- when a tiny embryo is divided into two parts during a process called gastrulation. This process ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

Researchers found that newborn immune cells regenerate heart tissue by producing thromboxane. Mimicking this process in ...

Genetically modified (transgenic) livestock, stem cells, and other emerging biotechnologies ... Development of transgenic farm animals will allow more flexibility in direct genetic manipulation ...

For the first time ever, pet owners in the UK can buy a treat made with lab-grown meat, marking a breakthrough in sustainable pet food.

Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults aren’t so lucky. After a heart attack, most adults struggle to regenerate ...

For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.

A look at a bill in North Carolina that would restrict cell phones in classrooms.