An ancient DNA (aDNA) study at the 17th-century English colony of Jamestown, Virginia, has identified two of the town's earliest settlers, and revealed an unexpected family secret. Founded in AD 1607, ...

An analysis of DNA extracted from skeletons revealed that the inhabitants of a Stone Age burial ground in France were mostly male and of the same lineage, according to a study published Aug. 28 in ...

Your body is basically a walking library of 37 trillion cells, and inside each one is a complete copy of your genetic instruction manual. Think about that for a second. That’s like having the entire ...

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

Joey Graceffa uses DNA testing to uncover facts about rescue foster puppies.