Researchers at McGill University and the United States Forest Service have found that plants living in areas where human ...

Despite decades of research, scientists struggle to understand the mental health implications of DNA. Researchers were able ...

Plants can carry long-lasting genetic damage from past population crashes, leaving them more vulnerable to future environmental change.

About 1 in 4 people suffer from an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. These include panic disorder with sudden, severe anxiety attacks; generalized anxiety disorder, in which sufferers ...

Observational studies have often linked low testosterone to heart disease. Those studies are a bit misleading, the authors of ...

Some mammals hibernate to survive in winter, but the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) employs Dehnel's phenomenon to get ...

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do ...

Modern genomic tools can substantially accelerate restoration of the American chestnut while preserving its ecological ...

Researchers have found 58 genetic variants linked to an increased risk of anxiety, suggesting that the disorder is not driven by a "single anxiety gene". The researchers, led by those from Texas A&M ...

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests ...

Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure share a genetic link, new research from the University of Surrey, UK and the ...