The News spoke with six visual artists — all of whom represent diverse identities under the Asian American umbrella, as well ...

One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full ...

A new type of cat coat color has officially been discovered. Named salmiak, or ‘salty liquorice,’ the cats have hair strands that start out black, and become white the further they grow from the ...

Understanding the material basis of adaptive evolution has been a central goal in biology dating back to at least the time of ...

The team published a paper on the discovery in the journal Animal Genetics last year. The experts started by thinking the new color was down to the ‘dilution’ gene that cats have. Cats only ...

Eye color genetics is complex, with multiple genes from each parent determining a person's eye color. Scientists once believed a single gene controlled eye color, but research shows that more than ...

It turns out the unique color is caused by a recessive genetic mutation, rather than the expression of a gene known to turn cats white. You’ve probably heard of spooky black cats, chaotic orange ...

In the April 18, 2025, online issue of the journal Science, Gompert and colleagues report that adaptive divergence in cryptic color patterns is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal ...

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Using a new method that triggers cells to produce molecules that generate unique combinations of color, MIT engineers ... reporting molecules were linked to genetic circuits that detect nearby ...