Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using DNA to solve a crime is not a new concept — but using tree DNA certainly is. The United States Department of Agriculture's ...

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WILLOW SPRINGS, Mo. (KY3) — Investigators turned to the DNA from a tree to solve a theft of black walnut trees in the Mark Twain National Forest. In October 2019, law enforcement began investigating ...

(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 ...

Over the last few years, at-home DNA kits have become increasingly popular. With many Aussies keen to discover new relatives, ...

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 ...

Understanding the biodiversity of forests is crucial to their conservation or restoration. Collecting “external DNA” left behind by animals is a good way to find out what lives there without having to ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Call it CSI: Singapore. Unlike the Crime Scene Investigators from the popular TV series, these detectives are hired to look for evidence of rogue wood from stores increasingly ...