Learn how ancient DNA from human remains provided the first direct evidence that a common childhood virus has been part of ...

DNA reveals burials inside one of Europe’s largest Neolithic monuments, showing Spain’s Menga dolmen stayed sacred for ...

Learn how pigs spread across Pacific islands, what their DNA reveals about ancient human journeys, and why their legacy still ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...