The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.

A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as ...

For decades, biologists assumed a single ‘turtle tick’ crawled across much of Asia. Now detailed DNA and microscope work show ...

CpG density and epigenetic modification state modulate DNA mechanics, altering its intrinsic compatibility with nucleosome formation.

MERIDEN — The state's forensic lab had a role in investigating the Brown University shooting, examining ballistics at the ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

Justine Paul was indicted on flawed evidence. A defense witness wrote that police should have treated no fewer than 12 people ...

Structures long blamed for blocking genes actually help them turn on, according to the Cornell Chronicle. Cornell scientists found that nucleosomes — the spools that package DNA — relieve twisting ...

Overharvesting has raised conservation concerns for a widely foraged plant, but researchers say that better genetic insights ...

Species discovery rates are accelerating, not declining. A new study shows 2020 broke records for new species descriptions, ...