DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first used for cold cases — is helping to solve active cases as well.

The unsolved murder of Mary Kay Heese, 17, a high school junior from Wahoo, Nebraska, has hung over the community for five ...

The unsolved murder of Mary Kay Heese, 17, a high school junior from Wahoo, Nebraska, has hung over the community for five ...

Joseph Scott Morgan, forensic expert, details the crucial role of DNA evidence in the search for missing Nancy Guthrie. He explains advanced genetic testing, including the use of genealogical ...

As the FBI awaits the DNA results from the glove recovered nearly two miles form Nancy Guthrie's home, a forensic genealogist ...

When a homicide detective in California’s Central Valley last year reopened the investigation into the unsolved killing of a bakery owner, she turned to an increasingly popular forensic tool credited ...

Over four decades after a teenager was murdered, DNA found on a discarded cigarette has helped authorities catch her killer. Sarah Geer, 13, was last seen leaving her friend’s house in Cloverdale, ...

Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA ...

A groundbreaking project is piecing together Leonardo da Vinci’s genetic profile by tracing his lineage across 21 generations and comparing DNA from living descendants with remains in a Da Vinci ...

NASA gears up for a historic lunar flyby, AI gives stroke patients hope, and researchers discover the oldest known cave art What’s on the road to the launch of NASA’s Artemis II, how scientists are ...