Scientists have sequenced DNA from 3,600-year-old cheese, the oldest in the archaeological record. The intact cheese was ...

Marcellus Williams was executed by Missouri on Tuesday evening for the 1998 murder of journalist despite objections from his ...

Many large mammals have lost genetic diversity, often thanks to the actions of people shrinking their populations. The ...

A mother accused of falsifying a DNA test and lying about her baby's paternity on her birth certificate also threatened to do ...

It has only recently been discovered that single-celled organisms (bacteria and archaea) also have histones—proteins that ...

Marcellus Williams, 55, is set to die Sept. 24 after being convicted of killing former newspaper reporter Lisha Gayle in her ...

A woman made a surprising discovery when she decided to take a DNA test - but the results ultimately caused a marriage to ...

New DNA analysis rules out the possibility that Kaspar Hauser was a “lost prince” kidnapped as a child nearly two centuries ...

James Fitzjames was one of the captains of British explorer Sir John Franklin's two ships that went missing in 1845.

Critically acclaimed actors, John Simm and Philip Glenister forged their close friendship on set of the iconic drama, Life On ...

Scientists have mapped the genome of the Greenland shark, which could offer clues to the animal’s extreme longevity.

A mum accused of falsifying a DNA test and lying on her newborn baby's birth certificate in a row with the father also ...