It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

When scientists sequenced the DNA of a woman who lived to 117, they were not just cataloging the quirks of an extraordinary life. They were probing a question that touches every family: why do some ...

It's the end of a nearly 100-year-old mystery. Using DNA-analysis, scientists have identified an ancient human relative nicknamed "Dragon Man", new research showed. It all started with a ...

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or so-called 'junk' DNA—includes many of the "switches" that control when and ...

Scientists used decades old air filters to read DNA in dust, revealing a long decline in biodiversity across northern Sweden.

John was abandoned as a newborn and grew up with no knowledge of where he came from. Then one Christmas that changed.

A study explains how age reshapes the blood system. In both humans and mice, a few stem cells out-compete their neighbors and gradually take over blood production. The loss of diversity results in a ...

For decades, biologists assumed a single ‘turtle tick’ crawled across much of Asia. Now detailed DNA and microscope work show ...

The African wild dog is one of Africa’s most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human contact and utilising vast, remote territories to remain out of sight. Current ...

Scientists find that complex nanopore signals often come from DNA twisting around itself, not knots, reshaping understanding of genetic material analysis. Scientists believed that when DNA passed ...

FIRST ON FOX: DENVER — Genetic genealogists working on the University of Idaho student murders case found "hundreds of times" more DNA than a typical case as they raced to solve the quadruple stabbing ...

A new study reveals that modern dogs retain previously overlooked genetic traits inherited from wolves. These ancient DNA ...