A new fossil discovery suggests that Earth's first mass extinction may have been far more sudden and severe than previously ...

A 17th-century Arabic document uncovered in Old Dongola confirms the existence of s semi-legendary King .

A landslide in a frozen Greenland fjord unleashed a hidden wave that made the entire planet vibrate every 90 seconds for nine ...

MIT researchers have uncovered chemical evidence suggesting that ancient sea sponges were among the first animals on Earth, ...

The rover’s close-up images also reveal tiny mineral nodules in places the team did not expect, adding a fresh layer of uncertainty to a long-debated geologic story. © NPS Photo/Kim Acker. Curiosity ...

A U.S. Air Force C-17 has airlifted a complete 5-megawatt nuclear reactor for the first time, flying it from California to ...

Genetic analysis of 5,500-year-old remains from a Swedish burial site has uncovered surprising family connections, revealing the important role of extended kinship in prehistoric communities.

He thought he’d struck gold in Victoria’s historic fields. Instead, a stubborn, unbreakable rock that defied saws, acid, and a sledgehammer hid a secret billions of years in the making.

A broad low in Earth’s gravity field beneath Antarctica, known as the Antarctic geoid low, is not a sudden oddity. New reconstructions suggest it has persisted for about 70 million years and has been ...

A team of archaeologists in central Italy has uncovered a sealed Etruscan tomb dating back 2,600 years, what they found ...

A detailed study of Neanderthal bones from Belgium reveals evidence of selective cannibalism, shedding light on potential ...