Research shows germline genetic testing — testing for a cancer risk gene you may have inherited — can save lives. Not just a patient’s, but their family members, as well. Hereditary Cancer Awareness ...

Austin police solved the 1991 "Yogurt Shop Murders" using advanced DNA technology, identifying Robert Eugene Brashers as the ...

A dog DNA test isn’t just about discovering if your “designer dog” has a dash of Dachshund or a shred of Shepherd coursing ...

Scientists found that different species of woolly mammoths were interbreeding, creating hybrid babies with traits from both ...

On the last day of Alice Spence’s life, she put on her fine gold necklace and picked out a belt with a flower decoration to ...

A 43-year-old Pueblo man was arrested on a count of first-degree murder in connection with the 2022 death of his roommate ...

A new study in fruit flies describes how an animal's gut reacts differently to beneficial microbes versus harmful pathogens.

Across a Swiss meadow and into its forested edges, the drone dragged a jumbo-size cotton swab from a 13-foot tether. Along its path, the moistened swab collected scraps of life: some combination of ...

The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA?

Using the wrong DNA reference genome can lead scientists to false conclusions about wildlife health and survival.

Research in C. elegans shows that longevity-related changes in lysosomes can be passed from parents to offspring ...