The human immune system is finely tuned to detect and destroy viral threats. But this same defense system can misfire. When ...

Technology using family members' DNA helped unlock the identities of two local men found dead decades ago. Now investigators are looking for clues to solve the unrelated deaths from the 1980s. The ...

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Moose, caribou, deer … they’ve roamed the forests for thousands of years, shaping ecosystems as much as human cultures have. But how can we confirm the presence of these animals without observing, ...

For the first time in history, poachers have been successfully convicted for killing and trafficking a wild lion, with the prosecutors in Zimbabwe using DNA forensics to prove guilt. Two men ...

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A pregnant woman killed in 1980 was positively identified last month using DNA technology, Southern California authorities said in a news release. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

A man has been convicted in the 1982 rape and murder of a young girl in Cloverdale, California, after investigators were able to use a cigarette to link him to the crime. "This guilty verdict is a ...

Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match in a DNA database would have been a dead end.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators looking to track down Nancy Guthrie’s suspected kidnappers are turning to a relatively new technology that has been attributed to solving some of the most prolific ...

The FBI is planning on using genetic genealogy in the Nancy Guthrie investigation. On Tuesday, Feb. 17, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a glove found two miles from Nancy's Tucson ...

TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma inmate will stay behind bars after the Court of Criminal Appeals upheld his conviction. The case is important because it involves a type of DNA testing that had never been ...