The author of a new book looked at over 100 cold cases recently resolved by DNA evidence. He argues there's more that could be done.

“Firearms experts are failing to report evidence that’s favorable to the defense, and it has to be addressed and corrected.”

“Crimes against children are truly awful, and all too common,” says Ann Ross. “It is important to be able to identify their remains..."

Solving crimes with forensic genetic genealogy is slow and complicated. A new mathematical analysis could crack cases 10 times faster.

Forensics specialists could use a commercially available assay to determine if a sample comes from dog, wolf, or coyote.

A new paper finds inconsistencies in how forensics researchers talk about race and ancestry. Here's how the field can account for gene flow, migration, etc.

The degradation of unsaturated oils due to reaction with ozone in the air can provide the age of fingerprints. It could tie suspects to crime scene.

The elbow may offer a better way to determine the sex of a skeleton in some populations, researchers report.

Proteomics, a new forensics tool, means "reading DNA when you don't have any DNA to read." Here's how the technique works.

A new method for detecting forged paintings defeats a clever counterfeit strategy.