I ntrepid microbe hunters have discovered 20 new viruses lurking in the bat populations of the orchards of southwestern China ...

There’s a wide world of chile peppers out there. But mild bell peppers, the scorching-hot Carolina Reaper and everything in between are all the same genus, Capsicum. “So there’s obviously a ...

Members of the Homo genus are all closely related to modern humans (relatively speaking), belonging to the same genus as us – just as tigers, lions, jaguars, ...

“Tar spots on maples are caused by fungi in the genus Rhytisma,” they said. “Genus” is the name for a family or grouping of similar organisms, in this case, tar spot diseases. Within a genus there may ...

A baby rusty-spotted cat, born at a French zoo in 2010. The newly discovered fossil is thought to belong to the same genus as modern rusty-spotted cats, which are among the smallest felines in the ...