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Saying "deoxyribonucleic acid" is a real mouthful. Luckily, you can call it DNA for short.

What animal did scientists collect this tissue from? Take a guess!

See how genetics is used to solve crimes!

Join scientist George Amato on his quest to stop criminals smuggling illegal goods.

Find out what makes you different from a snail, a tree, or even your best friend!

Here's a very cool experiment that just might bring a tear to your eye. Use a blender to separate the DNA from an onion.

Zoom inside your cells for a fascinating look at chromosomes, DNA, genes, and more!

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Join scientist George Amato on his quest to stop criminals smuggling illegal goods.

Travel around the world with museum scientists: from Madagascar to Indonesia.

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Have you ever wondered what our muscles, blood, bones, and bodies are made of? They are made of cells! Cells are the...

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The nucleus is like the remote control center of the cell. It acts as the cell's brain by telling it what to do, how...

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As a conservation geneticist, Yael tries to help endangered species by studying their DNA.

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DNA is shaped like a long twisted ladder, and pairs of bases form the ladder's steps. Bases are known by the letters...

How much do you know about what makes you you?

Take a look at the science of where it ALL begins.

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All the DNA in a cell is called a genome. Your body contains trillions of copies of the human genome -- one in each o...

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Scientists figured out a way to take genes from one species and stick them inside the DNA of another species. When a...

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In 1997, Dolly rocked the world of genetics. Not baaaa'd for a little lamb from Scotland. What was the big deal? She...

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Clones are plants and animals that have more than just their looks in common; they also have the exact same DNA seque...

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Many scientists have joined forces on the Human Genome Project. Their goal is to figure out the order of all "DN...

Tracking a gorilla can get hairy. Literally. Just ask George Amato.

Start a field journal, and track how your favorite critter looks and behaves.

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Have you ever wondered why you look like your parents, grandparents, or siblings? It's because of your genes -- the i...

Send a note to a friend with these colorful letterheads.

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Scientists all over the world send precious cargo to Julie Feinstein: frozen samples of animal tissues.

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At age 10, George Barrowclough began bird watching with his dad. He pursued his interest in birds by becoming an orni...

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It's no fluke that Howard Rosenbaum is wild about whales -- especially the endangered right whales and humpback whales.

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Since he was a kid, George Amato has been wild about wildlife. Today he works for the Wildlife Conservation Society a...

Find out where Rob has followed his born curiosity.

How can you wear a chimp on your wrist—without getting primate elbow?

Investigate the how and why of cloning.

Find out how scientists are using genetics to change the food you eat.

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To try to piece together how organisms are related, scientists use cladistics.

Explore this family tree of living things on Earth.

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