Researchers recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls in Spain and Portugal, showing prehistoric people left genetic traces ...

Colossal Biosciences is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to launch a biobank to save endangered species.

Hunter-gatherer communities, especially young children, were hit hard by an early strain of plague 5,500 years ago.

DNA may be the blueprint for life on Earth, but the deeper scientists look, the less certain it seems that the rest of the universe has to follow the same rules. From RNA worlds and synthetic genetic ...

A screenshot from the White House’s Aliens.gov page shows alien-themed imagery and the phrase “They Walk Among Us.” The page launched amid renewed public attention on UFOs, UAP disclosures and viral ...

The search for alien life has mostly focused on water, oxygen, and distant Earth-like planets. Now another clue has entered the picture. Researchers say living systems may leave behind a hidden ...

Gardaí investigating the murder of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork almost 30 years ago are turning to foreign police forces to try to identify DNA found on one of her boots ...

Apparently, the government isn’t disclosing everything it knows about UFOs. A whistleblower has accused the CIA of attempting ...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new picture of how life on Earth – and elsewhere – may have begun ...

Claims that the CIA has secretly accessed consumer DNA databases have resurfaced online following allegations that millions of genetic testing users may have been swept into undisclosed intelligence ...

The identification of the remains also resolved a decades-long debate about the worst disaster in the history of British polar exploration.

What NASA found on Titan shocked scientists and changed how researchers viewed moons in deep space. Beneath layers of dense haze, Titan revealed rivers, lakes, and strange surface features unlike ...