In this April 24, 2014, file photo, Katie Spring rolls up plastic that was used to cover certain plants during the winter in a field at the Good Heart Farmstead in Worcester, Vt. Spring and her ...

It refers to an organism whose genetic material has been altered in the laboratory using genetic engineering techniques such as recombinant DNA technology and reproductive cloning. These processes are ...

Bruce Beehler is a naturalist and author of 14 books, including the forthcoming “Flight of the Godwit.” This fall, I went hiking on Sugarloaf Mountain, about 30 miles northwest of the District.

A sliced seedless watermelon on a wooden board - Natalia Semenova/Getty Images Many people wonder how seedless fruit can possibly be made, if not by genetic modification. However, in reality, seedless ...

An understanding of the origin and dynamics of heritable genetic variation within classical animal breeding programs is needed to provide the context for understanding the contributions and concerns ...

The British company Oxitec, in partnership with Australia's CSIRO, has announced plans to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in Queensland. The initiative aims to reduce transmission of the ...

A fully implemented ban on genetically modified corn in Mexico could disproportionately affect the nation's lower-income consumers, according to a recently published study by agricultural economists ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. For five years, a farmer in Brazil disregarded biosafety measures and advanced into areas that prevented contamination of native cotton. In May ...

A committee-supported project or activity that has been completed and for which output dissemination has begun. Its committee has been disbanded and closeout procedures are underway. An ad hoc ...