Scientists have sequenced the genome of the often-overlooked donkey, revealing the key role it has played in daily human life for thousands of years.

Existing genetic data and sequencing tools are overwhelmingly based on people of European ancestry, which excludes much of the rich genetic variation of the world.

Vikings used the latrine about 2,500 years ago and their feces now offer researchers a chance to better understand a parasite, Trichuris trichiura.

People initially appear to have collected or cultivated an ancient ancestor of today's watermelon for its seeds, not its flesh, researchers report.

New genetic research shows untold migration to remote Pacific islands was generally matrilocal.

Specialized genome analysis may predict the risk of having one of the most common reasons for miscarriage, egg aneuploidy.

Jonathan Weissman and collaborators used their single-cell sequencing tool Perturb-seq on every expressed gene in the human genome, linking each to its job in the cell.

As genetic engineering and DNA manipulation tools like CRISPR continue to advance, the distinction between what science ‘could’ and ‘should’ do becomes murkier.

MIT neuroscientists expand CRISPR toolkit with new, compact Cas7-11 enzyme.

European colonial forces targeted an Indigenous group in Uruguay, the Charrúa, for elimination. Now, ancient DNA offers a link back.