Beads of sweat form on Cynel Moundounga’s brow as he repeatedly rams a steel rod into an Okoume tree. Each strike of his mallet cuts through the relative quiet of the world’s second-largest tropical ...

(CNN) — Researchers have used genetics to create the largest human family tree ever made, allowing individuals to find out who their distant ancestors were and where they lived, as well as exactly how ...

The most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life is presented in a new study published today in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists, including three ...

Ancient DNA has revolutionized how we understand human evolution, revealing how populations moved and interacted and introducing us to relatives like the Denisovans, a "ghost lineage" that we wouldn't ...

MyHeritage DNA matches members with distant relatives around the world and uncovered some fascinating details about my family ...

Could this dampen the current enthusiasm for DNA-based family trees? A Californian serial killer may have been identified by genetic samples that his distant relatives gave to a genealogy website.

If you look different to your close relatives, you may have felt separate from your family. As a child, during particularly stormy fallouts you might have even hoped it was a sign that you were ...

There's compelling evidence hinting at a connection to Donald Trump and the link isn't too distant either, with a strong ...

Making use of the sophisticated scientific equipment at her disposal, Delft University of Technology physics Master’s student Maura Willems decided to give herself a challenge this holiday season: ...