Many cultures around the world associate certain animals with good fortune and positive energy. Whether it's a symbolic ...

Since January 2024, dozens of tuberculosis cases have been found around Kansas City. TB may seem like a disease of the ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Ancient people of Mount Athos, Greece probably owed their longevity to their bizarre eating habits. Let's take a look at the ...

In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

Some scholars trace Valentine's Day back to ancient Greece and the mythical green meadows of Arcadia in the Peloponnese.

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

Archaeologists from Selcuk University have uncovered stunning mosaics depicting aquatic animals in the ancient city of ...

This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...

So can I eat my noodles if a dog pooped nearby? For the most part, nasty smells are “CAUTION” signs, not the cause of harm.

Gobeklitepe, a Neolithic archaeological site dating back to 9000 BC, is the oldest known human-made structure still standing ...

Apollonius is far from the only ancient scholar whose work was saved by the medieval Islamic tradition: “we generally ...