Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ten times longer than relatives of a similar size. But what is the secret ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

More than 12 years since a skull was discovered in Shasta County, advanced DNA testing has revealed that the remains belonged to a Napa woman, officials said. In March 2013, brush cutting workers ...

A year after a USA TODAY investigation revealed that police around the country weren’t following up on DNA evidence from unsolved rape cases, the Justice Department has published a report urging them ...

Human embryos have been developed from eggs given the DNA of adult skin cells – a feat that had previously been achieved in mice. This could one day provide a way for same-sex couples or women with ...

Investigators have identified a suspect in a Texas quadruple murder cold case more than three decades old. Police in Austin said on Friday that they had linked Robert Eugene Brashers to the murders of ...

Police named a dead man Friday as a new suspect in the 1991 unsolved killings of four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop, saying DNA evidence led to a “significant breakthrough” in the brutal ...

A report said DNA collected at checkpoints from about 2,000 Americans, mostly during the Biden administration, was sent to an F.B.I. database. Hundreds were not charged. By Francesca Regalado ...

Suffolk County prosecutors can use high-tech DNA evidence against accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann – who will face just one trial for the murders of seven sex workers, a Long Island ...

For years, Customs and Border Protection agents have been quietly harvesting DNA from American citizens, including minors, and funneling the samples into an FBI crime database, government data shows.