Archaeologists found 115,000-year-old human footprints in Saudi Arabia, revealing insights into ancient migration and life before the Ice Age.

Multiple cold seeps have been identified in the South China Sea and were first found in the northern region in 2004, ...

The Yonaguni Monument, an enigmatic underwater structure near Japan’s Yonaguni Island, has intrigued scientists and explorers ...

Clam shells could help scientists understand the Atlantic Ocean’s sensitive circulation system — and predict whether that ...

The remains of the ancient 18-month-old male child, who was the subject of the study, was accidentally unearthed near Wilsall ...

A few years ago, scientists found a nearly complete skeleton of a 26,000-year-old red fox deep inside a Uinta cave.Because of ...

During the Ice Age, massive woolly mammoths, cave bears, and dire wolves roamed icy landscapes. Saber-toothed cats hunted with precision, and the gigantic Megalania dominated prehistoric Australia.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Jessica Yung of Short Wave about carnivorous squirrels, the history of life on Earth, and new insights into the relationship between people and dogs.

More archeological excavation is needed to clarify exactly what this pit was used for. “Roman society was full of superstition, something experienced on a daily basis,” the Norton Disney History and ...

New research suggests that humans, new to the Americas, lived alongside giant ground sloths and mastodons for millennia.

Fossils show humans coexisted with giant sloths and mastodons for thousands of years. Evidence includes modified sloth bones ...