Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

Preserving strips of native vegetation beside avocado orchards gives insects a buffet of wild pollen when blossoms are scarce ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Akihiko Yamamoto recently connected with his American sister, Sharon Lovell, whom he never knew existed. For most of his life ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Using an inexpensive electrode coated with DNA, MIT researchers have designed disposable diagnostics that could be adapted to ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including archaeologists, have analyzed the DNA of fish remains from Roman fish ...

One month ago, three young sisters were found dead near a Washington state campground. Blood found on the scene links the ...

Former Army member and trained survivalist Travis Decker remains at large one month after allegedly murdering his three young ...

Earlier archeological evidence has shown trade links between Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as similarities in pottery-making ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...