Africa’s wildlife is shaped by intense competition, leaving little room for outsiders. Some native birds have evolved into relentless defenders, targeting non-native species with lethal efficiency.

Also, there’s still no easy way to test AI designs of larger genomes. While some viruses can ‘boot up’ just from a DNA strand ...

The invasive spotted lanternfly has coated Oakland in recent years. This fall, however, students have noticed a decline in their population. Students and experts weigh in on their sudden disappearance ...

Individuals arrested for a felony crime in Indiana already are required to provide a DNA sample during the booking process, along with the traditional mugshot photograph, fingerprint record and the ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient humans undertook a treacherous journey, crossing hundreds of miles of ice over the Bering Strait to the unknown world of the Americas. Now, a new study led by the ...

Once survivors of the ice age, great white sharks carry a strange DNA riddle. Nuclear and mitochondrial results don’t match, and decades of study have only deepened the mystery. Credit: Stock Great ...

Lily Wood is forty-three years old but considers April 9, 2019, to be her “rebirth day.” That was the date she received her results from Ancestry, the direct-to-consumer DNA-testing company. A ...

When Napoleon’s half-million-strong army retreated from Russia in 1812, around half the men were wiped out by disease, starvation and the extreme cold. Now, state-of-the-art DNA analysis has revealed ...

The cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors have a puzzling reputation: even though they are treatment mainstays for multiple forms of cancer, they can damage cancer-killing T cells and disrupt the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — When someone asks who you are, how do you answer? The Rhode Island Genealogical Society has been devoted to assisting residents with learning more about their ancestries for ...

See the world through the lens of science. Sign up for our free, daily newsletter Today in Science. A plume of red, a searing pain and the sounds of summer—these are fragments of my earliest memory, ...

Ancient DNA revealed that this group was patrilineal, or organized based on descent from fathers. However, while ancient DNA can show where a group moved over time, it's challenging to use genetics to ...