Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the Green Sahara.

For decades, archaeologists believed that cats first started living alongside early farming communities in the Levant — covering parts of today’s Middle East and eastern Mediterranean — around 9,500 ...

Despite the ubiquity of cats in modern homes, we still don't know many details about the timing and routes of early cat ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate—and higher—population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a study ...

If you’ve ever lived with a cat, you know they’re often an enigma. That said, scientists may have solved an enduring mystery ...

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...

There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using the DNA extracted from their dung, a study showed on Thursday.

A family with ties to Connecticut is now one step closer to having closure, thanks to a non-profit that works to provide ...

Eighteen years after the body of a woman was found in La Vergne, Tennessee, a nonprofit specializing in solving cold cases ...

Mary Alice Maloney, a Hartford native, had been living in the Nashville, Tenn., area when she disappeared, a release said.

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

How the rise of DNA paternity tests is tearing communities apart - DNA testing is more accessible than ever in Uganda ...