New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

The piercings many have been associated with community participation and major life events. Skulls from Paleolithic Europe’s Pavlovian people have long been noted for their damaged teeth, with wear ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

Vegavis, an ancient bird from Antarctica, identified as the oldest modern bird ancestor with specialized fish-hunting adaptations.

Researchers have recreated the famous hominin’s running form – and it doesn’t look like she’d have won any marathons ...

Learn more about groundbreaking genetic research that reveals a long-lost population and solves a centuries-old linguistic mystery.

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

However, it gets powerful historical and political legitimacy by producing official and governmental knowledge about India’s ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...