A mystery woman found bludgeoned to death in an abandoned Brooklyn building in 1990 finally has a name, investigators using DNA research to reach back generations and build a family tree that ...

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific ...

April Stonehouse, a forensic science professor at Arizona State University, said the flashlight represents “a great source of ...

A recently certified genealogist is using the Blountstown Public Library to help Calhoun County residents research their ...

The cloudberry, a popular northern dessert berry, reveals a surprising genetic origin after a study deciphers its complex evolution.

It was that feature that first raised alarms earlier this year. On January 1, Dog Squad received DNA results for Atticus, a Great Pyrenees rescued from a cruelty situation. His injuries were so severe ...

"My husky mix is around 13 [percent] wolfiness. It was surprising at first, but then she does murder a lot of pigeons," said one user.

When Anne Wojcicki was considering whether she should try to save her life’s work, genetic testing pioneer 23andMe, from bankruptcy last year, many within her inner circle offered the same advice.

A study of the Mani Peninsula reveals that over half of local men share a paternal lineage reaching back to the early medieval era.

A major study shows how people in Bronze Age Europe adapted to change through shifting ancestry, burial rites and daily life practices.

Ancestral Shadows,' out March 10, follows a genealogist pulled into family secrets, DNA surprises and a mystery tied to her ...

Carlson’s insisted that Israelis should undergo genetic testing to determine if they have a rightful claim to the land of ...