The skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition have been identified by ...

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

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...

Joseph Anthony Abeyta, 55, was charged with murder in the 1987 death of Jesus Ibarra, the Santa Clara County District ...

Today, the Iberian lynx is recovering from near extinction. More than 400 reproductive females were reported in the 2023 ...

A mother faked a DNA test in an attempt to stop the father of her newborn daughter from seeing the baby, a court has heard.

Way back on February 21, 1951, a family in in Oakland, California was devastated when one their children, a 6-year-old boy, ...

A new DNA analysis has revealed the surprising origins of Native Americans and the multiple migrations between the Americas, ...

Human remains resting in a remote Arctic cairn, visible emblems of one of the North's most enduring mysteries, finally have a ...

DNA from saliva collected on a sidewalk led to the arrest of a Massachusetts man in connection with the 1988 murder of Karen ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed is fighting to get additional DNA testing that his team believes will ...

Plans to use DNA kits for a curriculum called ‘Finding Your Roots’ are on hold for high schools within Peoria Public Schools, ...