A 5,500-year-old skeleton has yielded the oldest known genome of the bacterium behind syphilis, revealing a lineage unlike ...

Fragments of DNA from long-extinct human relatives still circulate in modern genomes, and in some cases they do more than ...

DNA evidence solves 30-year Indianapolis cold case, sending Dana Shepherd to prison for 45 years after he admitted to the murder of Carmen Van Huss.

The glove, which contains DNA samples, matches the one seen in doorbell camera footage on the suspect's hand whilst he stood outside the home of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, on February 1 ...

Two naturally mummified individuals buried roughly 7,000 years ago in a Libyan rock shelter have yielded ancient genomes that reveal a previously unknown, long-isolated North African lineage. The ...

The Illinois Natural History Survey has been working to preserve historical specimens of organisms that originated in Illinois.

On Feb. 15, 2021, the World Trade Organization named U.S.-trained Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as director-general, ...

On Feb. 15, 2021, the World Trade Organization named U.S.-trained Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as director-general, making her the first African and first woman to lead the body.

The recent death of the 48-year-old actor James Van Der Beek is again highlighting how colorectal cancer is increasingly ...

New research using ancient DNA has revealed that hunter-gatherer communities in parts of northwestern Europe survived far longer than previously believed — continuing their traditional way of life ...

It has been 50 years since the first known victim of the Oakland County Child Killer was abducted and murdered.

The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home and appears to match those worn by a ...