The recent commentary by Manning et al highlights difficulties comparing results of gastrointestinal microbiome cohort ...

The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA?

New methods extracted ancient DNA from sediments in Siberia’s Denisova Cave, revealing both Neanderthal and Denisovan ...

Bacteria have long been a key source of lifesaving antibiotics, but most species cannot be grown in the lab—leaving their ...

Researchers have successfully extracted DNA from insects embedded within resin samples. This technique may eventually be used ...

Evidence derived from cutting-edge DNA technology that prosecutors say points directly at Rex Heuermann being the Gilgo Beach serial killer will be admissible at his trial, a Suffolk County judge ...

A New York judge on Wednesday admitted DNA evidence prosecutors say links alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to ...

French scientists have created a digital reconstruction of the face of Lady Emma Hamilton, the lover of Admiral Horatio ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Marion McWhorter went missing in Oregon in 1974. Now, remains found two years later have been identified as her, through DNA ...

Rex Heuermann is accused of killing at least seven women whose bodies were found on Long Island's Gilgo Beach.

Officials are providing an update after a routine maintenance inspection in Hamilton led to the discovery of a human skull ...