Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists ...

A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis—inflammation of the heart muscle—at higher risk ...

Tiny repeated stretches of DNA in your genome may quietly shape how your body works, how your brain develops and how you ...

Debate has long surrounded when humans first traveled into Sahul, the ancient landmass that is now Australia, New Guinea and ...

The world of crime and DNA has evolved significantly over the past decade, including the use of phenotyping to help solve ...

Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in ...

The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct routes, ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals the specific genetic factors linked to the presence of reticular ...

The vampire squid is a creature straight out of a gothic horror film. It lurks in the deep-sea abyss, cloaked in dark, webbed ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

Colorado investigators say they have solved the 1987 killing of Rhonda Marie Fisher after newly analyzed DNA linked her death ...

A large Mayo Clinic study shows that current guidelines fail to detect nearly 90% of people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a common inherited cause of dangerously high cholesterol. Many affected ...