Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was destroyed by one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in history. The discovery ...

New research has uncovered the ancient origins of an urban mosquito species, Culex pipiens form molestus, also known as the ...

Recent discoveries have unveiled compelling evidence suggesting that Mars was once covered by a vast ocean. This conclusion ...

A variety of subway-dwelling mosquito seems like a modern artifact. But genomic analysis reveals the insect got its evolutionary start millennia ago.

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable collection of 5,000-year-old skeleton masks and skull cups crafted from human ...

In the early 20th century, as logging threatened to wipe out California’s ancient redwoods, a group of forward-thinking conservationists formed the Save the Redwoods League. Their efforts led to the ...

Scientists have uncovered a mysterious relic from an area of the moon that has never been explored by humans until now.

When news stories ignore the past, the audience sometimes struggles to fully understand the issue. Because of this, history ...

A remarkable 220-meter dinosaur trackway, one of the world's longest, has been unearthed in Oxfordshire, revealing the ...

The first museum in the UAE, the Al Ain Museum was originally founded all the way back in 1969 and will now reopen on Friday4 ...

Researchers at a Harvard Medical School laboratory are uncertain how they will continue supporting a large public genetic database after its primary source of funding expired last month.