Non-native wall lizards living in Cincinnati, Ohio, have thrived against the odds thanks to an ability to expand their ...

New DNA evidence shows that Europe’s hunter-gatherers and early farmers interacted far more closely than previously thought, with women likely playing a crucial role in spreading farming across ...

Three blight-tolerant chestnuts grown on Seth Sprague's land in Cape Elizabeth have been moved to President's Park, ...

Summary: Scientists have uncovered evidence that the domestication of potatoes in the Andes influenced the evolution of human metabolism. A new study suggests ancient potato farming in the Andes may ...

A young person walks into the clinic with multiple skin cancers, yet the cause is not genetic. Melanoma, the most dangerous ...

Investigative genetic genealogy revealed a Mohave County Jane Doe found in 1989 has 96% Ashkenazi Jewish DNA.

Only men with a specific gene variant and a family history of certain cancers should be screened, experts have said.

Cathy Johnson reports In the NSW country town of Wee Waa, 600 adult men have been asked to open their mouths for DNA testing to help solve a brutal crime. Hundreds of kilometres away, teenagers are ...

Genes make us who we are—but are they shaped by chance, natural selection, or something else?

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered a substantial genetic component to postpartum ...

As predictive medicine advances, legal scholars warn that decades-old federal guidelines could set up a potential clash between your genes and your job.

Population-based pathogenic variant testing identified breast cancer susceptibility gene carriers who would often be missed ...