An unexpected pairing of Ireland’s sheela-na-gig tradition with a Maltese giantess results in this playful celebration of the ...

The new study, published in Cell by Qiaomei Fu and colleagues, is the first to definitively link a nearly complete human ...

Let me begin with something fierce, something that may sound exaggerated, but trust me, it’s not. The title of this column ...

When our ancestors first gathered in the world's earliest cities 10,000 years ago, they weren't alone. Tiny, blood-sucking ...

The U.S. Forest Service is expected to release the final review of a plan that would open sacred Apache lands to copper ...

Certain mysteries from the ancient world are still largely unexplained today and continue to puzzle scientists and researchers.

Kingdom Come State Park in Cumberland, Kentucky, is that kind of place—a hidden gem tucked away in the eastern part of the state that somehow hasn’t been overrun despite its staggering beauty.

Illinois has plenty of natural wonders, but there’s one that stands head and shoulders above the rest like a towering white pine – aptly named White Pines Forest State Park in Mount Morris.

Experts believe the modified stalagmites are evidence of a planned occupation of the caves by ancient societies.

The Robberg is one of southern Africa's most distinctive and widespread stone tool technologies. Robberg tools—which we found ...

Hidden for 80+ years, the Harbin skull has finally been identified as Denisovan using DNA and protein analysis.

Ice Age cave find upends what we know about Australia’s first people - Glacier landscapes may not have been hurdles for early ...