A window is broken. A home is burglarized. Investigators identify a suspect and find a sliver of what appears to be glass embedded in his shoe. In the forensics lab, examiners determine, using ...

Traffickers will go to any lengths to smuggle elephant ivory out of Africa. And if it is detected, they often produce papers claiming the ivory is actually from hippos, warthogs, or just plastic. Once ...

Sherlock Holmes made the analysis of trace evidence famous, but French scientist Edmond Locard made it a movement. Discover how his bold theories on using microscopic evidence to solve crimes helped ...