Before charges are filed and criminal cases head to court, much of the work begins inside the Union County Sheriff’s Office ...

Toxicology reports can be complex and are often misunderstood when viewed without medical context. In this educational breakdown, we explain what terms like cardiopulmonary arrest mean, how fentanyl ...

Closed and abandoned since 2015, the deteriorating and historic Emily P. Bissell Hospital off Newport Gap Pike is being ...

Many law enforcement agencies are relying on crowdfunding to pay for genetic genealogy, which has helped solve hundreds of cases in recent years.

She had brown eyes and black hair. She was almost 5 feet, 7 inches tall and chewed tobacco. She was in her 20s, carried heavy loads with her left arm and had given birth. We don't know her name, but ...

Kirsty Wright hated science in school, but her unconventional career path has led her to use DNA profiling in high-profile ...

Groundbreaking genetic evidence links trafficked lion parts to a known individual — setting a new global standard for wildlife crime prosecutions ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Mary Ellen O'Toole, a former FBI senior profiler and professor of forensic science, about the latest in the Nancy Guthrie abduction case.

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Not all trees drop their leaves in the fall. Even in the height of winter ...

Most of us don’t struggle to feel love. We struggle to explain it. You can sit across from someone you care about deeply, look into their eyes, and feel something powerful, but try putting that ...

After just a year, the fires that spread around Los Angeles are already the most studied urban wildfires in history. While the Palisades Fire lapped at the edge of UCLA, the Eaton Fire, on the east ...

In recent years, there’s been a wave of studies reporting that humans are basically full of microplastics: They’ve been found in our brains, arteries, and even in placentas. But some scientists, ...