Melinda Beardsley's disappearance haunted her family for years. Now they have answers—but her case is far from closed.

People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.

Nearly 40 years ago, a series of violent rapes shocked Gwinnett County. Now thanks to DNA evidence, authorities say they've ...

A new genetic study published in the journal Cell is filling in some important details about the earliest inhabitants of Palau, an island nation in the western Pacific Ocean consisting of ...

CeCe Moore, a genetic genealogist, said she found it "very hard to believe the perpetrator didn't leave his DNA behind." ...