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 ...

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

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 ...

Black Americans in Illinois can submit a DNA sample to a university-based project trying to find their ancestral homes, ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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