Based on genetic material preserved in birch bark tar from Estonia, researchers found that the teen likely had brown hair and ...

If you’ve ever joked that your lap dog was ferocious or your furry friend has got some wolf in her, you might be right. A ...

A simple MyHeritage DNA kit sent TalkTV host Peter Cardwell on an emotional path of discovery, unearthing centuries of ...

A team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...

The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Tommy Zeigler, Florida's longest-serving death row inmate, is back in court for an evidentiary hearing that could lead to a new trial or his release, based on new DNA evidence.

In this new study, a team analyzed the genomes of 70 ancient cats, dating back over the last 11,000 years (from about 9000 BCE to 19th century CE). The genomes were taken from bones found in ...

The earliest directly dated wildcat (Felis silvestris) ever found in Ireland has been identified, confirming the species ...

Brown made history in the Eagles’ 24–19 road win over the Thundering Herd, becoming the first player in Georgia Southern ...

Genetic evidence shows humans reached Australia 60,000 years ago and may have encountered 'hobbits' along the way in ...

This week, Svante Pääbo, Nobel Prize winner for sequencing the Neanderthal genome, is visiting Estonia. In an interview with ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.