A molten lava world cloaked in a thick envelope of vaporized rock could be the strongest evidence we have yet of a rocky ...

Through the analyses of gases and fluids preserved within salt crystals, the team extended the direct record of Earth’s ...

Her body was a canvas. It told the story of her life. Her beliefs. Now, 2500 years later, this ancient ink is exposing a lost Iron Age culture.

This ancient crocodile never finished its last meal. More than 2,000 years after it died, researchers can still make out a ...

Bees are frequently associated with large queen-serving colonies featuring hundreds if not thousands of insects. In actuality ...

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...

Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ancient Egyptian vessel, proving that opium use was widespread in the land of the pharaoh — including during the time of King ...

LOS ANGELES — This summer, thousands of yogis from around the world will gather for a week of divine inspiration and fellowship, an immersion in the Kriya Yoga teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, ...

More than a dozen ancient gold tongues have been discovered in a cemetery at the site of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Bones of now extinct species became a haven for bee babies thousands of years ago, scientists report in a first-of-its-kind ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct ...