Journalist Stephanie Mendez took an Ancestry DNA test hoping to learn more about her roots. What she discovered about her ...

The human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs, and when a cell divides, it takes about seven hours to complete making a ...

A Crittenden County Circuit Court Judge has ordered that ligatures and hairs collected as evidence in the infamous West ...

A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.

University of Florida biologists studying fungal evolution and ecology have discovered three new truffle species, including ...

A 4-year-old boy who was found dead in Lorton, Virginia, more than 50 years ago, and whose name has remained a mystery, has ...

The Reiff family was grieving the death of their beloved dog, Rufus, when they adopted Ziggy — and a DNA test found he was ...

The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes ...

A jury this week found that Brian Rascon raped a woman in 1991 during a home-invasion robbery in a case based on DNA evidence ...

Authorities in Missouri say DNA samples have solved a 1994 cold case, identifying a man's body found in the Mississippi River ...