The virus that causes COVID-19 continues to mutate. Scientists say that's likely to continue indefinitely, and the virus will ...

In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that ...

The man’s case didn’t give rise to any widespread variant, but it gave Gupta, with his HIV evolution background, the idea ...

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the virus continues to spread around the globe as the virus continues to evolve. Scientists say that's likely to continue indefinitely, as the virus finds ...

Earth may have released intense cosmic radiation. These energetic particles could have altered the DNA of viruses in Lake ...

About 2.5 million years ago, the viruses infecting fish in Lake Tanganyika underwent a mysterious explosion in diversity. It may have been a nearby star exploding.

Sometimes deep space can seem like a cold, uncaring place fully removed from the dramas unfolding on the planet Earth.

With record high egg prices, should the U.S. vaccinate chickens against bird flu? Any such program would be expensive and ...

With its ancient age and rich biodiversity, Lake Tanganyika is an evolutionary biologist's dream. That 2003 study indicates ...

The United States faces an extraordinary flu season as research uncovers unprecedented adaptations in the influenza A virus. This evolution has contributed to a significant surge in infections ...

The rate of mutations as this virus jumps from person to person is indeed unimpressive. But scientists were not aware of a second, accelerated evolutionary track: When SARS-CoV-2 infects a single ...