In a time when what defines gender is being questioned and discussed, a new study reveals that single changes in DNA make dramatic differences.

Airborne genetic material can be used to paint a picture of ecosystem health, watch for invasive species and even identify ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

You probably have a member of your family that you're not related to by blood—a step-parent, an adopted cousin, your mom's ...

The results are transforming how scholars understand human history. By analysing parchment, researchers are uncovering ...

As many DNA datasets are openly accessible online, the study warns it is possible for cybercriminals to misuse the information for surveillance, manipulation, or malicious experimentation. Dr Anjum ...

When he was a doctoral student at the University of Copenhagen, Eske Willerslev was a nobody. At least, that’s how it seemed to the budding evolutionary geneticist, who was unable to lay his hands on ...

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another. By Emily Anthes In the waning days of the ...

On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines. But many of the headlines omitted a key word needed to put the discovery in context: ...

Life on Earth may have origins from far, far away. Scientists have found a full set of life-building molecules in a nearly pristine asteroid sample, and the discovery suggests that the necessary ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, ...

Should the Dallas Wings select UConn Huskies guard Azzi Fudd with the No. 1 overall pick in this year's draft, the future could look bright in the Lone Star State for years to come. Bueckers and Fudd ...