A biologist holds a green and golden bell frog, an endangered species, at the research center of Macquarie University in Sydney. Some scientists are using gene-editing tools to try and protect frogs ...

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...

Humans have become very good at altering the basic building blocks of life to their advantage. Genetically modified foods are available at most grocery stores. Researchers use gene-editing tools every ...