The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems.

The 1994 murder of Springfield, Virginia, artist Robin Warr Lawrence, 37, would go cold for decades — until DNA left on a ...

Ancient DNA from Napoleon’s soldiers reveals enteric and relapsing fevers - not typhus - as key killers during the army’s ...

Researchers uncover two previously undetected bacteria in teeth from Napoleon’s soldiers, revealing a possible combination of illness that ravaged his army in 1812.

A team of Chinese scientists has uncovered a hidden 3D structure in rice DNA that allows the crop to grow more grain while ...

New research suggests that two surprise pathogens were among the diseases that laid waste to the emperor’s vaunted Grande ...

In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a ...

Decades after the deaths of Cynthia McKenna and Debra Stone, investigators say new forensic work proved both women were ...

Investigators have identified Emory Earl McVay as the suspect in several Bastrop County rape cases between 1997 and 2005.

The late-night operations in Paris and nearby Seine-Saint-Denis lift the total arrested to seven. Prosecutor Laure Beccuau ...