Crispr-Cas9 is a tool for making precise edits in DNA, discovered in bacteria. The acronym stands for 'Clustered Regularly ...

A new global assessment has identified 25 primate species that are now the most endangered on Earth including the Tapanuli ...

"There is a significant difference in intelligence between monkeys and apes," Becky Malinsky, curator of primates at the ...

On Sudest Island in southern Papua New Guinea, researchers identified a new snake species named Aspidomorphus dimorphus after a research assistant was bitten by it in 2004. This snake, found in the ...

The new pontiff is the 267th pope, becoming the religious leader of some 1.4bn Catholics across the globe. Speaking to UTV, Archbishop Eamon Martin said Pope Leo's first address had a message of peace ...

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The New World Screwworm is a devastating parasite now on the US border. Has it been found in Ohio? How to spot them and what to know.

The Church of Ireland has said its members are “rejoicing with our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters” over the election of ...

President Michael D Higgins has led congratulations in Ireland following the election of the new Pope Leo XIV. Mr Higgins said Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American, becoming Pope was “an immensely ...

The recent global monkeypox (mpox) outbreak, with a new and aggressive variant, has underscored the dire need for safe, broadly effective, and accessible vaccines. The LC16m8 vaccine, an attenuated ...

Researchers studied how these highly arboreal (tree-dwelling) primates, who are under pressure from human activity, actually ...

Nearly two-thirds of all primates are in danger of disappearing, including 100 that have only been described by science in ...