In 1991, a Plano girl was kidnapped and sexually assaulted. The same thing happened 8 years later in Dallas. Investigators ...

For billions of years, evolution was driven by random mutations. A new breakthrough puts control over DNA, life’s blueprint, ...

Thanks to DNA, an unknown fallen Revolutionary War soldier has a name, just in time for the 250th birthday of the nation he fought and died to create.

Homo erectus may have left a detectable genetic trace in living humans through ancient interbreeding with Denisovans.

An international research team has recovered ancient human mitochondrial and nuclear DNA directly from cave wall materials in ...

Sheriff Chris Nanos says the Nancy Guthrie task force is still meeting with the FBI every day, working DNA, video and ransom‑note leads five months after her disappearance.

A team of researchers recovered ancient human mitochondrial and nuclear DNA directly from a red-painted calcite crust on the ...

In a first, scientists recovered human DNA from ancient cave paintings, a breakthrough that could open new ways to investigate prehistoric human activity by enabling caves to act as “genetic ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years. Using sterilized scalpels and two layers ...

Startup Rock Zero is commercializing the research, which could cut costs and carbon emissions from lithium production. Researchers say they’ve found a new way to extract lithium, a crucial metal used ...

Claims that the CIA secretly accessed consumer DNA databases have resurfaced following allegations linking genetic testing data to supposed extraterrestrial ancestry research. The claims were made by ...