Life-sized animal carvings may have served as landmarks to help ancient travelers navigate between life-saving water sources during one of history's harshest climate periods.

In the Hüyük District of southwestern Turkey, researchers discovered a new species of scorpion, Alpiscorpius huyukensis, ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

The seat is across from the entrance to the Villa of the Mysteries, a large property full of beautiful frescoes located just ...

Chemical fossils from 635-million-year-old rocks suggest sponges were among Earth’s first animals, reshaping the story of early life.

A diver finds thousands of 4th-century Roman coins off the coast of Sardinia, revealing secrets about trade and imperial ...

Six 3,400-year-old metal hoards found on Somló Hill reveal the existence of powerful elites and workshops in the Bronze Age.

A construction project at San Pedro High School in Los Angeles revealed nearly 9-million-year-old sea creature fossils buried ...

A sample obtained by NASA's Perseverance rover of rock formed billions of years ago from sediment on the bottom of a lake ...

Scientists stressed that in-depth analysis is needed of the sample gathered by the Perseverance rover before reaching any conclusions.