The Colibrí Center for Human Rights was a vital link between families and their missing loved ones. Now it's gone dark.

Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence that humans reached New Guinea and Australia around 60,000 years ago—earlier ...

In 2016, Irma Carrillo Nevares swabbed the inside of her cheek and signed a consent form allowing the Colibrí Center for Human Rights to add her DNA to its database. Carrillo Nevares’ son and daughter ...

Two studies published in Nature on March 25, 2026, have extracted and analyzed ancient DNA from more than 200 dog and wolf ...

There are records of whole human groups disappearing mysteriously from parts of northwest Europe, particularly what is now ...

People living at a Bronze Age settlement in northern China, Erdaojingzi, carried ancestry linked to distant farming ...

A new DNA analysis has revealed that people buried together in a medieval Ibiza cemetery carried sharply mixed ancestry.

The prehistoric skeleton was discovered in an underwater cave system located between the tourist destinations of Tulum and ...

From colossal squid to wandering lighthouses, Cape Cod kept social media scrollers guessing on April 1. Who knew what was ...

DNA tests and bird song recordings reveal Japan’s cryptic Tokara Leaf Warbler, a rare island bird only just recognized as its own species.

As climate change outpaces the ability of ecosystems to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics to guide ...

CRISPR is a powerful DNA-editing tool that has underpinned huge advancements in human health care in the last decade. It is a precision tool, but is not perfect, and misplaced DNA edits can compromise ...