The ground pangolin, or scaly anteater, is one of the more than 300 animals that have been sampled to create a pan-mammalian epigenetic aging clock. Pangolins are known to live 15 to 20 years, but ...

A biological clock is a mechanism internal to organisms that, in the absence of an environmental signal, operates at its own frequency. ... fungi, plants, and animals, ...

All the latest science news on biological clock from Phys.org. Find the latest news, advancements, and ... There are estimated to be nearly 8 million species of animals living today, ...

A new study has made the case for synching your daily calories with your own circadian rhythm to improve glucose metabolism, ...

It is possible that further studies investigating this newly discovered mechanistic link between the circadian clock and photoperiod regulation will advance our understanding of seasonal adaptation in ...

Super Agers author Eric Topol unpacks the rise of biological age tests—from organ clocks to immune system clocks—and how they might revolutionize early diagnosis of disease ...

Our liver plays a role in regulating our central biological clock, scientists from CNRS and Université Paris have discovered. The results of their study, published on 17 May in Science Advances ...

Thereafter, the clock stopped: the animals' methylation patterns remained stable. "This is remarkable as it suggests that, at least at epigenetic levels, axolotls may indeed exhibit negligible ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - A new study discovered that a certain type of salamander may be capable of putting a pause on its biological clock. Axolotls, a paedomorphic salamander, is said to possibly be ...

"Animals tell time through a biological clock that synchronises with the natural light and dark cycles of the day," Jeffrey Kelu, researcher in circadian rhythms at King's College London, ...