It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its creators pull that off?

At 75, a legendary albatross returns to her island home — and to her mate.

Previously, some of the oldest mummies on earth were known to be in South America and dated back to about 7,000 years ago Scientists revealed they have discovered the world’s oldest known mummies. A ...

On a remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific, a single seabird has quietly rewritten what scientists thought they ...

The oldest known images on cave walls and stone fragments are forcing a rewrite of who first made art and how sophisticated ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone. The bones, fashioned into narrow projectiles for hunting, had been uncovered in excavations ...

A tiny silver goblet discovered decades ago in the Judean Hills might hold the oldest known depiction of cosmic creation – and the scenes etched into its surface tell a surprisingly peaceful story.

Because this record survived, we know more about ancient Chinese history, the rotation of the Earth, and past solar activity ...

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, has died aged 111, the city's mayor announced on ...

Hannah Shirley, a pygmy hippopotamus at the San Diego Humane Society, has become the world's oldest known pygmy hippo at 52 years old, far surpassing ...

POSTBOY - another word for postilion. A postilion or postillion is a person who rides a harnessed horse that is pulling a horse-drawn vehicle ...

America's oldest donut chain wasn't always known by its current name. Uncover the story behind this breakfast giant's early ...