Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

A research team led by scientists at Kumamoto University has discovered a new genus of microscopic crustaceans from northern ...

An archaeological team has uncovered for the first time more than half of the temple, long buried under River Nile sediment.

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

For decades, research and understanding of the diverse bone raw material used by the Late Prehispanic Period (~1220 to 330 ...

According to the team, that pine pitch is the first major new clue in over a century. When the boat was built, Denmark itself had few pine forests. While it is possible that the pine pitch made its ...

Bees are frequently associated with large queen-serving colonies featuring hundreds if not thousands of insects. In actuality, that’s usually not the case. “Most bees are solitary. They lay their eggs ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

Along a nine-mile stretch of river between two waterfalls in the Australian rainforest lives a tiny fish that’s been there for millions of years, hiding between rocks along the riverbank by day and ...

Ancient Marathi literature reveals that Maharashtra's savannas, dating back 750 years, should not be classified as degraded ...