Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Art often imitates life. In Marvel Comics, Wolverine was named after a mammal known for its aggression. And while wolverines can’t ...

The Iberian ribbed newt defends itself by poisoning its own bones and shoving them through its skin. Humans took a look at it and decided that if any animal deserves to be an astronaut, this newt does ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have managed to sequence the giant genome of a salamander, the Iberian ribbed newt, which is a full six times greater than the human genome. Amongst the ...

Dec. 22 (UPI) --Scientists have for the first time sequenced the entire genome of the Iberian ribbed newt. Their efforts revealed a unique family of genes important to the salamander's impressive ...

Scientists at the Karolinska Institute have sequenced the genome of a salamander, the Iberian ribbed newt, which is a full six times larger than the human genome. Among the early findings is a family ...

Art often imitates life. In Marvel Comics, Wolverine was named after a mammal known for its aggression. And while wolverines can’t grow skeletal claws through their knuckles, there is an animal that ...