Humans and chimpanzees share almost all their genes. Despite this, our brains have developed in different ways. Researchers ...

Unrelated virus. (Heather Davies/SPL/Getty Images) Some pieces of our DNA can copy themselves into new locations. Copies derived from one gene active in human brain cells appear to have taken that ...

According to a recent international study, fragments of ancient viral DNA once considered "junk" may in fact play a role in regulating our genes. Using an innovative method to trace the evolutionary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A newly found giant virus from Lake Ushiku shows unusual spikes and a distinct way of disrupting a host nucleus, fueling debates ...

When a virus enters a cell, its top priority is to replicate its genome rapidly, creating new viruses to infect elsewhere. The host has the opposite priority: to destroy the virus, ideally before it ...

A new analysis of teeth and parchment suggests that the devastating sheep pox virus has been infecting livestock for 3,700 years ...

Plant DNA viruses — including double-stranded DNA viruses such as caulimoviruses and single-stranded DNA viruses such as ...

Genetics tools have advanced significantly in recent decades, and have allowed scientist to sequence all of the genetic material they find in any sample. That has enabled researchers to discover giant ...

Cauliflower mosaic virus uses its P6 pathogenicity factor to recruit Arabidopsis deubiquitinases UBP12 and UBP13, which ...

The York Gospels, a 1,000-year-old manuscript, revealed ancient sheeppox virus DNA preserved in its parchment pages, stunning researchers worldwide.