A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.

“Amber gives us this opportunity to visualize the ancient ecological relationships preserved in fossils,” said Yuhui Zhuang, a doctoral student at the Institute of Paleontology at Yunnan University in ...

During the Classical period (510 BC – 323 BC) – and indeed throughout Greek history – most people would have worked in agriculture. Private individuals cultivated crops and raised livestock on their ...

Long before it appeared in the Hebrew Bible, a remarkably similar tale was written down on clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia – the home of civilisations that flourished in what is now Iraq, more ...

The Unreal Engine 5 game is set in ancient China during the final years of the Tang Dynasty. You play as a "nameless messenger and his young son" as they journey east across Asia "to deliver a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nero's ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York were similar. That is the message of “The Comet/Poppea,” an intriguing combination of Monteverdi’s 1643 opera “L’incoronazione di Poppea” and ...

Reeves increased funding for the NHS, defence, and housing in the Spending Review, but some key departments face budget cuts.

A Co Antrim primary school studying ancient Egyptian history “brought the topic to life” after performing an Egyptian-themed flash mob in Belfast.

The preserved terrain offers a rare window into Antarctica's deep past, long before ice claimed the continent. 'What we find is an ancient land surface that has not been eroded by the ice sheet ...

‘I’m in that transition period’ – Rhasidat Adeleke at a signpost as to where she is at for Tokyo World Championships Rhasidat Adeleke. Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile ...

Scientists studying ancient human remains uncovered in Colombia have found that the people they were researching have no known ancestors or modern descendants. In a study published May 30 in the ...

Employers report a Net Employment Outlook (NEO) of 42 per cent for the July-September period, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. The results, based on responses from ...