Scientists reveal that an asteroid impact in Finland created a long-lasting habitat where microbes thrived millions of years after impact.

Researchers have retrieved six‑million‑year‑old air from East Antarctica, revealing insights into Earth’s ancient climate and ...

The opening of the £910 million Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo has reignited a campaign for Britain to return the Rosetta ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 42,000-year-old yellow ochre stick in Crimea and Ukraine, suggesting Neanderthals possessed artistic capabilities. Th ...

Hygieia was a prominent figure in both ancient Greek and Roman mythology—she was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old.

November's Sky Above episode features a supermoon, meteor shower, and interstellar comet, with experts discussing these ...

NC State University and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences discover the nanotyrannus, a smaller dinosaur once thought to be a ...

Two chunks of ocher unearthed at ancient rock shelters in Ukraine were actually Neanderthal crayons, according to a recent ...

The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...