The original Mus

Researchers zero in on the Indian subcontinent as the possible birthplace of that most evasive of pesky mammals - the house mouse

I won't and you can't

The bureaucracy does nothing to conserve India's invaluable animals and plants. But it knows how to cry wolf when private agencies want to use these

Sexual distinction

A new technique enables the determination of the sex of cattle and goats at the embryonic stage

Leaders in agony

A recent theory which says that the dominant animal in a pack bears the proverbial cross might lead to more systematic studies of relationships …

The like and the unlike

Using cells as building blocks, scientists in Israel successfully regenerate an entire higher animal

Vanishing breeds

While people worry about patenting of upmarket plant products like neem because of transnational interest, India's unique biodiversity of …

Goodbye Dolly

Both her birth and death stirred a raging debate. Dolly -- the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell -- was put to death on February 14, …

MIAMI GROUP VS rest of the world

Are genetically modified organisms a miracle that will solve the world's hunger problems or a menace that will threaten human health, environment …

Human reproductive technologies like sperm freezing and IVF could be used to save threatened species

They could solve genetic and cost issues and prevent inbreeding depression among such species

Burden of beast

Mounting economic pressures cast a dark shadow on the future of camels and their traditional breeders in Rajasthan

Gone for a duck

ASIA-PACIFIC

How cells differentiate

Single mothers

Evolution doesn't favour sexual reproduction

Deviation by multiplication

Genetic mutation results in speciation

Digest this

Gene that breaks up cellulose quite prevalent in animals

Changing need in cattle feed

Scientific fodder comes of age in today's era of specialisation and optimum use

Mistaken identity

Evolution of bats

Aping each other

Scientists may grow genetically-identical monkeys

Bleating cousins

Doubting Dolly

The first pure cloned mammal comes under a cloud

Domesti(cat)ed?

Domestic cat gives birth to a wild one, raises hopes of bringing back extinct species

Cloned dilemma

Researchers try to find the reasons for failing cloning experiments

ANDi the modified

Raising the first genetically modified monkey rekindles debate