If your estate plan was created before the DNA testing era—or hasn't been updated to account for these new realities—now is ...

A new portable DNA test can identify dozens of shark and ray species in only two hours, giving frontline officers a powerful ...

The Jomon people—who eventually settled in what is now Japan—share little, if any, genetic connection to the Denisovan ...

Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

Police used a search warrant for a pair of single-wide mobile homes where Rebecca Park lived with her fiancé before she ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break—when both ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

It turns out that the answer was no: Your dog’s genes don’t predict its behavior, at least not in the simplistic way popular doggy DNA tests often claim.

Discover Zack Fox hilariously talks about his girlfriend's fixation on their pup's ancestry with 23andMe dog DNA tests and ...