Advances in our understanding of DNA have brought about many changes. One of them is just how easy it is now to obtain a DNA test. Why would someone want to test their DNA? Well, these tests claim to ...

The owner shared her dog's DNA test results as the Super Bowl LX halftime show highlighted Puerto Rican culture.

Australians looking to learn more about their heritage through commercial ancestry websites could be helping police solve cold cases.

Evanston’s Reparations Committee announced Feb. 5 it will issue reparation payments to 44 additional descendants this summer, while providing an update on its DNA Roots Program and exploring a ...

A forensic technology that has set wrongfully convicted murderers free and jailed famed serial killers just landed its first ...

The Illinois city that made history with its $10 million pledge continues distributing reparations payments to Black ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton has yielded the oldest known genome of the bacterium behind syphilis, revealing a lineage unlike ...

The animal shelter told the man that, as the runt of the litter, his adopted dog would not grow beyond nine pounds.

A newly discovered Viking grave with severed skulls and rope-bound corpses has unleashed a bizarre mystery that has stunned historians. A giant with a hole in his head. Six severed skulls. Rope-bound ...

Despite decades of chasing leads, investigators had been unable to identify the victim of a 1992 homicide on the North Side.

Ghana says it is streamlining diaspora citizenship and has begun vetting applicants. But without clear timelines, the pause risks shaking trust among returnees who once saw the country as Africa’s ...