The international scientific community rebuffed this hypothesis. They were looking outside Africa for human origins and ...

Archaeologists discovered ancient Roman inscriptions and a 1,900-year-old coin wedged between rock formations while exploring ...

No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never gets old for Mariek Schmidt.

One photographer put the age of starlight into perspective with stunning projections on some of Earth's oldest rock ...

A historic Sangamon County house is receiving a $6.6 million infusion for repairs and restoration. The Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site will use the money to repair roofing and water systems and ...

Deep in the Colombian Amazon region of Serrania De La Lindosa, a roughly 12-mile stretch of rock is covered in a vast ...

Outside of Chicago, one Illinois town is a delightful neighborly city with an award-winning downtown and some great natural parks that's well-worth a day trip.

THEY’RE HERE: The Justice Department joined immigration and other federal agency officials in Chicago on Sunday to carry out ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A 4-year-old girl who was abducted Thursday morning in Rock Island and was missing for hours has been found and reunited with her mother. Rock Island police announced the ...

Malibu is in ruins. But the legendary Shangri-La studio somehow still stands amid the apocalyptic fury and ashen remains of the Los Angeles fires. For the Band, and then many others, this studio ...

As you might imagine, there's no better time to explore this history than during the winter. During the Pleistocene, Illinois was under ice. Glaciers covered much of the state, and around Starved Rock ...

BELLEVUE, Iowa — With the temperatures plunging outside, it might be the perfect time to curl up at home with a good book. So, allow us to introduce you to three that readers in Jackson County ...