Researchers found that inverted DNA segments, or supergenes, helped cichlid fish rapidly evolve into hundreds of species, revealing a powerful mechanism behind biodiversity and evolution. Credit: ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete Denisovan fossil to date.

LINE-1, a "jumping gene" making up 20% of the genome, invades DNA during cell division using protein-RNA clusters, offering insights into genome evolution and disease. Viruses are masters of hijacking ...

The episode examines the case of Brittanee Drexel, 17, of Chili, New York, who was abducted, raped and murdered while on the 2009 trip that she took to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, without her ...

Fatal Destination episode 3 explores the story of Brittanee Drexel, who disappeared after leaving her hotel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on April 25, 2009.

The episode includes interviews with Brittanee's relatives and friends, including her father Chad Drexel, and investigators about the search for the Chili teenager that spanned more than 13 years.

The episode includes interviews with Brittanee's relatives and friends, including her father Chad Drexel, and investigators about the search for the Chili teenager that spanned more than 13 years.

The 2009 disappearance and murder of Brittanee Drexel will be the focus of an upcoming episode of Fatal Destination, airing Tuesday, June 17 at 10 p.m. ET on Investigation Discovery.

A 92-year-old man was charged with raping and murdering an elderly widow after police found a billion-to-one DNA match on her clothing almost 60 years later, a jury has heard. Ryland Headley is ...

Just yesterday at Ahmedabad airport, Sangeeta Gauswami clung tightly to her only child, her heart swelling with pride as she saw off her 19-year-old son from their home in the western Indian state ...

(CNN) — Scientists studying ancient human remains uncovered in Colombia have found that the people they were researching have no known ancestors or modern descendants. In a study published May 30 in ...