Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

A fragment of ancient reptile skin discovered in an Oklahoma cave is changing what scientists know about early life on land.

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars last year may have ...

A tiny, reptilian fossil has been excavated from layers of ancient sandstone, where it was preserved for over 240 million years – predating the dinosaurs. The little lizard-like creature pinches the ...

New simulations suggest globular clusters form in multiple ways and point to a mysterious new type of star system that may ...

In her search for Cleopatra's lost tomb, a National Geographic Explorer may have found a clue in a submerged site in the ...

"The port was active during the time of Cleopatra and before at the beginning of the dynasty," noted the archaeologist behind the discovery.

In a scientific breakthrough with cosmic implications, researchers have, for the first time, precisely dated the emergence of ...

Archaeologists in Israel recently uncovered an "impressive" 1,600-year-old Samaritan estate in Kafr Qasim, featuring a ...

Paleoanthropologists identified the early human based on molars that are several million years old.

Missouri State University archaeologists Daniel Pierce and Christopher Bodine are heading to Brazil to study ancient Amazonian geoglyphs that may reveal an unknown civilization.

Ancient humans in northern China endured dramatic climate changes, creating new tools, hunting methods, and strategies to ...