By expanding federal agents' authority to collect the DNA of immigrant detainees, the government has risked violating ...

When couples have trouble conceiving a baby or lose a pregnancy, they often undergo routine tests, which can turn up a shock: ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...

For years, Customs and Border Protection agents have been quietly harvesting DNA from American citizens, including minors, and funneling the samples into an FBI crime database, government data shows.

Between 2020 and 2024, CBP took DNA from approximately 2,000 U.S. citizens, including at least 95 minors, and sent those ...

Scientists at the Leonardo DNA Project say they are getting closer to reconstructing the 500-year-old DNA of Leonardo da ...

New fossil and genetic evidence shows that woolly and Columbian mammoths were not just distant cousins roaming separate parts ...

Scientists analyzed data from more than one million users of 23andMe and found associations between certain genes and stuttering ...

A new study combining archaeological and genetic research offers fresh insights into social organization and population ...