What do bleach-resistant coral, mammoth-elephant hybrids, and drought- and CO2-resistant crops have in common? A growing group of scientists think they might be the key to not just fighting climate ...

Consider the sea urchin. Specifically, the painted urchin: Lytechinus pictus, a prickly Ping-Pong ball from the eastern Pacific Ocean. The species is a smaller and shorter-spined cousin of the purple ...

Darling transgenic American chestnuts have shown significantly enhanced tolerance to the chestnut blight fungus, and will soon be evaluated by federal regulatory agencies before potential public ...

The transgenic papaya 'SunUp' was developed in the 1990s and was widely publicized because of its ability to resist the papaya ringspot virus. A new study has now identified the genomic changes ...

Inherited junctional epidermolysis bullosa is a severe genetic skin disease that leads to epidermal loss caused by structural and mechanical fragility of the integuments. There is no established cure ...

State wildlife managers recommended Wednesday that California allow pet stores to sell a small tropical fish that has been genetically manipulated so that it seems to glow red in daylight or ...

12 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Gülzow: At the State Research Centre for Agriculture and Fisheries, Gunnar Hirthe shows various varieties of freshly harvested sweet potatoes. Since ...