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 ...

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

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

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

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

DNA is known to keep its form for centuries, and the researchers found that their tape could store data for more than 345 years at room temperature, or about 20,000 years at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 ...

A major MyHeritage discount ends this weekend, giving you a final chance to grab a low-cost DNA test that can uncover your ...

Toronto police say a dead Ontario man is now believed to be behind at least three long-unsolved killings of women dating back ...

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 ...

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 ...