The number of DNA profiles being studied and other details were not being released because of the active investigation, a sheriff's spokesperson said.

She had brown eyes and black hair. She was almost 5 feet, 7 inches tall and chewed tobacco. She was in her 20s, carried heavy loads with her left arm and had given birth. We don't know her name, but ...

It's long been assumed the Jomon people, who had inhabited the Japanese archipelago since around 16,000 years ago, had multiple lineages resulting from different migration routes. But new genetic ...

Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA ...

People often remark that allergies run in their family, but the genetic causes have remained unclear. Previous food allergy genetic research has relied upon broad but surface-level methods called ...

Detectives are focusing on the video evidence in the case.

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests ...

The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, is nearing its third week ...

As the Nancy Guthrie abduction case stretches into a third week, investigators — and a public riveted by every mysterious ...

The New Haven Police Department said it has made an arrest in an alleged sexual assault case dating back more than a decade ...

The boy’s mother agreed to take a plea deal, pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for prosecutors dropping a murder charge.

A Japanese study of more than 7,400 patients has identified a genetic mismatch that sharply increases the risk of severe acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) following umbilical cord blood ...