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Oaks have been uncommonly successful. The roughly 425 species in genus Quercus range across nearly every continent, and in the U.S. and Mexico they claim a greater biomass than any other major genus ...

As ancestry companies expand their databases and grow, testing one's DNA and unlocking the past has become relatively quick and easy to do. So, what's the process for sending in DNA for an ancestry ...

This story is our first in a series on Black family history to celebrate Black history this February. Growing up in Philadelphia, Amber Jackson said she knew so little of her history that she felt ...

Beer just got its first genetic family tree. From crisp lagers to hearty pale ales to cloudy hefeweizens, beer owes much of its stunning variety to the hundreds of strains of yeast that ferment it.