A 64-year-old man living in Arizona at the time of his arrest has been charged after DNA linked him to a California cold case ...

White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) almost went bottom-up during the last ice age, when sea levels were much lower than ...

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 ...

Eubanks was serving a life sentence when he escaped authorities following his conviction for the 1965 murder of a 14-year-old ...

Ancient viruses left a legacy in your DNA. And it turns out, that legacy may be helping shape who you are.

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

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

The U.S. Marshals Service is hoping newly discovered DNA evidence will help garner new tips from the public and lead to the ...

He also proved to be 12 percent Saint Bernard, 10 percent German wirehaired pointer and 9 percent each of chow chow and ...

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

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s once-mighty army left Russia battered, frostbitten, and starving. The infamous retreat claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, but until recently, no one could say ...