For more than 40 years, the Golden State Killer haunted California. A serial rapist and murderer active in the 1970s and '80s, he eluded detectives for decades. By 2018, hope of identifying him was ...

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have ...

Two studies published in Nature on March 25, 2026, have extracted and analyzed ancient DNA from more than 200 dog and wolf ...

People who have been apprehended by federal agents at immigration protests and on their way to way work say they had samples ...

A blood test clarifies which gene variants truly cause congenital heart defects, linking diagnosis to more precise ...

The Neanderthal population shrank during a cold spell around 75,000 years ago, and the loss of genetic diversity may have ...

Medieval Ibiza was far from a quiet Mediterranean backwater. New DNA evidence shows that the island was part of a dynamic ...

A genealogy nonprofit helped the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office identify remains found on a beach in 2022 as a Santa Rosa banker who went missing in 1999.

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...

DNA, long known as the molecule that carries genetic information, is taking on a new role in science. Researchers now see it ...

A team of cancer genomics scientists from The University of Manchester and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, ...

Genetic testing in India is transforming preventive healthcare by identifying disease risks early, enabling personalised ...