For 50 years, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been preserving animals' genetic material in its Frozen Zoo, and ...

For the first time, a plant specimen has been cryopreserved and placed into the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Frozen Zoo, a step scientists believe could help the endangered scrub oak species ...

When the top spotty fish in a tank disappears, the runner-up turns aggressive within minutes, rushing and nipping rivals ...

The Jurassic franchise’s wildest creature yet, Distortus rex, is part T. rex, part nightmare. Here's what to expect in ...

Sharks don’t exactly have the best reputation. Decades of fear-driven stories and films have made sure of that. But if you ...

Are recycled bottles safe? A study suggests chemical mixtures in recycled plastics might affect metabolism and hormone ...

A team of scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that ...

Parental egg-care in fish traps them in an evolutionary dead-end through the loss of the chorion-hardening system, according to scientists from the Institute of Science Tokyo. Fish have diverse ...

Scientists in China have developed the world’s first 3D model of early mouse embryos, revealing how life forms in its initial stages at single-cell resolution. The team said this was a first ...

Harvard scientist accused of smuggling frog embroyos was issued another two charges. She was released from ICE detention.

There’s a new type of genetic testing known as polygenic embryo screening which promises to identify the risk of developing conditions like cancer, obesity and autism. But researchers are cautious.

Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova is indicted on three federal charges for allegedly smuggling frog embryos into the U.S., potentially facing up to 20 years in prison for the violations.