A team of researchers has discovered that latent antimicrobial resistance is more widespread across the world than known resistance. They call for broader surveillance of resistance in wastewater, as ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient ...

Prosecutors have called their last witnesses in the trial of Rajwinder Singh, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of ...

Surprise heirs are showing up because of DNA test kits and sowing disorder for people handling their loved ones’ estates.

Aidan Brennan looks at some of the statistics from the National Genotyping Programme and asks what's going to happen when the ...

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

Walk along the banks of Issaquah Creek in Washington state during the autumn, and you can hear the river before you see it.

DNA from a stick buried in sand with Toyah Cordingley’s body was highly likely to belong to Rajwinder Singh, but DNA on her ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

Several Spanish municipalities now require dog DNA registration to curb public mess. Learn costs, rules, fines and where it ...

After more than three decades, Florida authorities have solved the murder of a woman who was found mutilated and floating in ...