Many large mammals have lost genetic diversity, often thanks to the actions of people shrinking their populations. The ...

James Fitzjames was one of the captains of British explorer Sir John Franklin's two ships that went missing in 1845.

AGAWAM — The Woo family, with roots in China, Los Angeles and here in the Pioneer Valley, had long sought a medal honoring a ...

Philadelphia police and forensic experts this week will exhume the bodies of eight unidentified people who were killed in ...

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...

It has only recently been discovered that single-celled organisms (bacteria and archaea) also have histones—proteins that ...

Marcellus Williams, 55, is set to die Sept. 24 after being convicted of killing former newspaper reporter Lisha Gayle in her ...

New DNA analysis rules out the possibility that Kaspar Hauser was a “lost prince” kidnapped as a child nearly two centuries ...

Scientists have mapped the genome of the Greenland shark, which could offer clues to the animal’s extreme longevity.

In a region known for hosting some of the earliest evidence of modern humans, DNA analysis was sparse. Until now.

Najera saw the business card tucked near the screen door of her Kansas home. She grabbed it and read the name. It was from a ...

The highest court in the land did reject Reed’s request for a new trial in July of 2024. The rejection means the Texas Court ...