Researchers working on the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project believe the Renaissance Man left his DNA on the chalk drawing titled “Holy Child.” ...

Scientists have turned to artifacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci on a quest to track down the legendary polymath’s elusive DNA.

Guided tours will take visitors onto scaffolding to view the rare artwork inside Sforza Castle, which is currently undergoing ...

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be sure that the genetic material belongs to the Italian polymath. When you ...

Artist, inventor and anatomist Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance man — and scientists are aiming to unlock the secrets of his genius on a genetic level. But there’s just one ...

Scientists have wanted to study Leonardo da Vinci to see if his genetics hold the key to his genius for years. But there's a catch: Over 500 years since he died, his DNA has been impossible to find.

Researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park, may have captured ancient DNA from the Italian High Renaissance ...

Experts claim the 500-year-old painting is a bona fide work of the artist Leonardo da Vinci's sketch of Isabella d'Este, is seen at the Louvre Museum in Paris, the painting on the right appears to be ...

Leonardo da Vinci was a pioneering painter and inventor—and, perhaps, bird lady. Avians appear in a number of the 13,000 notebook pages he produced, from the kite hawks of Codex Atlanticus (c. 1478) ...

If you were friends with Leonardo da Vinci, there’s a variety of favors you could have asked him for. You could have asked him to paint you a fine portrait, or to build you a flying machine, or to ...