Until now, the earliest known instance of human interest in ichthyosaurs was in 1699, but a peculiar discovery pushes that ...

How do some of geology's most mysterious iron ore deposits form? This question has preoccupied the geosciences for more than ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - A quasar — among the universe's most luminous and energetic objects — is a ...

A breakthrough study revealed a primitive brain region that acts as a built-in filter to block out a noisy world.

Illegal mining in Peru is threatening water sources, ecosystems and one of the world's most important archeological sites, ...

New excavations at Marina El Alamein, ancient Leukaspis, reveal 18 Ptolemaic and Roman tombs with rare amulets and gold ...

Archaeologists in Thailand uncovered two 2,000-year-old gold rings alongside human remains at an ancient Iron Age burial site.

Neville is still technically a kitten: he's only 10 months old. Already, though, he's bigger and longer than most adult cats ...

It is believed that the bikini was a 20th century invention, but an ancient mosaic reveals women in Rome wore it while ...

One of the most consumed beverages in the world has several health benefits, including the potential to help you live longer.

Ancient Roman villa with frescoes is discovered beneath a high school gym near Rome's Colosseum after students brought ...

An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable ...