In the arid shale beds of western India, scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil that tells the story of a prehistoric snake that once ruled the landscape. Named Vasuki indicus, this massive ...

Much has been written about how the five-day undeclared war between Thailand and Cambodia was a result of a nasty feud ...

Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved pieces of the ship.

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

A 4,600-year-old skeleton discovered in a sealed tomb in Nuwayrat, Egypt, has revealed the first genetic evidence of ancient migration between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Scientists sequenced the man's ...

Life Ancient animal's fossilised brain prompts rethink of spider evolution A 500-million-year-old sea creature called Mollisonia shared a similar brain structure to modern spiders, suggesting that ...

Turkish underwater archaeologists recently uncovered a 2,000-year-old shipwreck with hundreds of intact plates and bowls. The ceramics maintained their deep red colors due to ancient packaging.

"The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological evidence, ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

A brief history of beer, from ancient goddesses to Oregonian craft brews From 12,000 years ago to today, the historic beverage has changed dramatically ...

Discover how ancient pathogens shaped human health with the rise of agriculture and zoonotic diseases over 6,500 years ago.