In April 2018, a remarkable event occurred that forever impacted criminal investigations. The Golden State Killer was finally arrested. And, more interestingly, was the method law enforcement used to ...

A new DNA-collection approach allows scientists to capture genetic information from wildlife without disturbing the animals or putting their own safety in jeopardy. The protocol, tested on elephant ...

Scientists may one day be using a new technique to potentially pick up and record key airborne forensic DNA evidence from crime scenes wiped clean of fingerprints and other trace evidence. "Human DNA ...

US Customs and Border Protection collected DNA samples from less than 40% of illegal immigrants stopped at the nation’s borders in 2022, preventing federal law enforcement from solving violent ...

A lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleges a failure to respond to numerous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking details on how the agency collects, stores ...

A Virginia real estate agent is close to finishing a self-appointed mission aimed at collecting enough DNA to meet the threshold for exhuming dozens of unknown Pearl Harbor victims who were serving ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. MUSANZE, Rwanda — A guide called out to endangered golden monkeys to signal he posed no threat, a grunting and ...

"The study is both to check if there are convicted felons that should be in the database, but also to improve the system," ...

DNA databases might help identify victims of crime and human trafficking, but how do we safeguard the personal privacy of innocent victims and family members? A new report online May 15 in the Cell ...

Hundreds of families in central Vietnam are taking part in a DNA collection campaign aimed at identifying unknown martyrs.