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

A team of U.S. researchers uncovered the world’s oldest directly dated ice and air trapped deep within the Allan Hills region ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.

A newly identified marine crocodile ancestor, found in Egypt’s Western Desert, pushes back crocodile evolution and reveals ...

Learn more about Epiatheracerium itjilik, the Arctic rhino species that is the northernmost rhino ever found.

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...

At the Tayma Oasis in Saudi Arabia stands a rock split with uncanny precision—so sharp it looks like it was sliced by a laser ...

Ancient DNA reveals Napoleon’s army was decimated by hidden fevers, not typhus, during the disastrous 1812 Russian invasion.

In the summer of 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led about half a million soldiers to invade the Russian Empire. But by December, only a ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

An ancient elk gazes into the distance from the steep shoreline cliff of Lake Yövesi. The autumn day is sunny, but very windy ...