This study reveals that the genetic background of the Japanese people is far more complex than previously thought.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal by a Texas man who faces the death penalty for his role in the 1998 ...

"One thing the detectives kept telling us was … eventually technology's gonna solve this case. … I trusted that, and they turned out that they were right," Sarah Yarborough's mother tells "48 Hours." ...

Scientists have wondered if the many captive tigers in the United States could one day help restore the species in the wild.

An army veteran's DNA was found on a bottle at the home of the man accused of murdering him, a court has heard. Paul Taylor, ...

Genome instability can cause numerous diseases. Cells have effective DNA repair mechanisms at their disposal. A research team ...

Meiotic recombination generates genetic diversity and promotes proper chromosomal segregation of parental chromosomes. This ...

The law, House Bill 533, mandates that everyone arrested in Florida, regardless of the crime, must submit their DNA.

Modern forensic tests helped identify a suspect in the abduction of Morgan Nick, a 6-year-old who disappeared in Arkansas in ...

After 23andMe’s board of directors resigns, the president of encrypted messaging app Signal joins other security experts in ...

With its distinctive face and tufted ears, the Iberian lynx is a living testament to one of conservation's greatest comebacks ...

The once-hot Silicon Valley startup has seen its stock’s value decline 99% and is struggling to survive. That has put the ...