The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence the DNA of all known eukaryotic species on Earth, a massive group that includes plants, animals, fungi and other organisms. Image credit: Juan Carlos ...

Scientists trace Leonardo da Vinci's DNA through his descendants and family tombs to reconstruct his genetic code.

PHOENIX - They are the nameless - people who have been dead for decades - and the unidentified. Some of them are also victims of violent crimes. Nowadays, Detectives with the Phoenix police continue ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — Recently, the nonprofit organization DNA Doe Project helped identify 17-year-old Sue Ann Huskey, or "Corona Girl," after 30 years. The group also played a part in the Debra ...

WELCOME BACK. SO EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE REPORTED THAT HUMAN REMAINS FOUND MORE THAN 26 YEARS AGO MANOR TOWNSHIP LANCASTER COUNTY WERE IDENTIFIED. THEY WERE OF 39 YEAR OLD JAMES GIBSON OF HARRISBURG, A ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- When police officers investigate cases, it's often centered around the suspect(s) they're searching for. But sometimes, the first big question is identifying the remains.

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Imagine unraveling your DNA into one long ...

An open-source genetic information repository that has subsisted on crowdsourced contributions will shut down next month, partially to protect its user base from the threat of rising authoritarianism, ...

Claire Glynn, Ph.D. (fourth from right), and her students at a conference. Karen McDermott recently completed an internship that enabled her to apply her forensic genetic genealogy skills to help ...

GLADEWATER, Texas (KWTX) - The Gregg County Sheriff’s Office and the DNA Doe Project identified partial skeletal remains located by construction workers off Highway 135 in Gregg County 20 years ago.

The ancestral roots of the ten oldest African American families in Fredericksburg, Virginia, were revealed Friday as part of a project created to recognize the city's Black residents. Representatives ...