Technology using family members' DNA helped unlock the identities of two local men found dead decades ago. Now investigators are looking for clues to solve the unrelated deaths from the 1980s. The ...

For the first time in history, poachers have been successfully convicted for killing and trafficking a wild lion, with the prosecutors in Zimbabwe using DNA forensics to prove guilt. Two men ...

Prosecutors in Zimbabwe used lion DNA forensics for the first time to successfully convict two people for poaching and trafficking a male lion near Hwange National Park. Investigators analyzed DNA ...

No “sticky ends”? No problem. A new study by NYU chemists finds that DNA tiles can assemble into 3D structures without the sticky cohesion of hydrogen bonding. This finding, published in Nature ...

I used Wisdom Panel and Basepaws DNA tests on my rescue pup to see if they could uncover his true breed mix. Corin Cesaric-Epple is a Flex Editor at CNET. She received her bachelor's degree in ...

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Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there. By Carl Zimmer One of ...

A pregnant woman killed in 1980 was positively identified last month using DNA technology, Southern California authorities said in a news release. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Genetic genealogist CeCe Moore tells PEOPLE, 'If I was the kidnapper, I would be extremely worried right now' A "mixed" sample of DNA was found at Nancy Guthrie's house, Pima County Sheriff Chris ...

A man has been convicted in the 1982 rape and murder of a young girl in Cloverdale, California, after investigators were able to use a cigarette to link him to the crime. "This guilty verdict is a ...

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed that there are problems with the DNA evidence collected from Nancy Guthrie’s house that could take up to a year for the private Florida lab he’s using to ...

Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match in a DNA database would have been a dead end.