The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA?

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Bacteria are constantly moving with the help of motility organs called flagella or pili to colonize new niches. Also, ...

Organelles spit out DNA contaminated with damaging components, leading to the activation of inflammatory enzymes, mouse ...

When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age faster ...

A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial ...