You've heard of Stonehenge. It's that big rock circle over in England. But there's a lot more to it than that, and researchers have been studying it for centuries. From the people who lived near it to how and when it was made, here are...

Everyone knows where Punt is, right? The Ancient Egyptians sure did — they traded with them for millennia. But apparently they were *so* familiar with its location, they never bothered to write it down for posterity. So archaeologists...

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Just like animals, plants evolve and change over time. And you might think we'd be looking for things like fossils to figure out how they've changed, but some scientists are using a far less traditional resource: art.

The Golden State Killer was finally caught last week after more than 40 years, but the science behind it wasn’t just your everyday DNA forensics.

With the question “What is life?” addressed at the molecular level, humanity could finally cure all disease and live forever… Except, not really. It turns out we're complicated.

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was Czar Nicholas II's youngest daughter and a member of the Russian Imperial Romanov family. The family was placed under house arrest during the Bolshevik Revolution, and Anastasia was...

For hundreds of years, history left us wondering what disease killed the Aztecs in the mid-1500s. Many assumed the Aztecs were one of many Central American groups to be wiped out by European diseases like smallpox. However, DNA testing...

The Natural History Museum's Chris Stringer on recent discoveries that are challenging the way we think about our ancestors.

The Fusco case is just one of several Nassau County cold cases recently revived by DNA breakthroughs.

The FBI is examining a group chat with more than 20 members linked to the suspect. (Scripps News)

The Massapequa Park man, who is accused of murdering seven women, watched attentively from his seat as the defense called Dr. Dan Krane to the stand.

A man who was attacked in a Brampton, Ont., park 30 years ago is speaking out for the first time, telling CBC News that police told him they identified the alleged 'woodland rapist' after a relative of the suspect submitted DNA to an...

DNA testing has identified two Indigenous women who were buried anonymously in Edmonton cemeteries in the 1970s, according to police in Edmonton. Louise Laderoute and Irene Jacknife went missing separately nearly half a century ago and...

Cesar Santana, one of the two people charged in Luz Hernandez’s death, appeared at Hudson County Courthouse Monday morning. He is due in court again Monday, March 18.

Manitoba RCMP say they have cracked the murder of Crystal Saunders, a Métis woman who went missing from Winnipeg in 2007, thanks to advancements in DNA evidence. Kevin Charles Queau, 42, of Vancouver has been charged with second-degree...

Quebec police have identified the killer of Montreal teenager Sharron Prior after almost 50 years. Officials say developments in DNA testing methods were pivotal in solving the case.

Toronto police announced they'd made an arrest in two cold case murders dating back 39 years, with the help of advances in DNA technology.

Toronto police announced they'd made an arrest in two cold case murders dating back 39 years, with the help of advances in DNA technology.

After nearly four decades, Toronto police announced they had used genetic genealogy to identify the man that murdered nine-year-old Christine Jessop. A look at why police are so sure they’ve got the right person this time.

In 1984, Calvin Hoover was a friend of Christine Jessop’s family and helped search for the nine-year-old girl when she disappeared. Now police say new DNA evidence proves he’s responsible for her murder.

The jury is continuing to carefully weigh the evidence in the second-degree murder case against Edward Holley before making their decision.

The jury is continuing to carefully weigh the evidence in the second-degree murder case against Edward Holley before making their decision.