Even during cooler times, sheltered spots like valleys and mountain slopes kept enough warmth and moisture for plants and ...

The big mystery scientists have faced for years is how these birds, all of which cannot fly today, ended up on continents ...

Frozen in time 112 million years ago, an entire ecosystem preserved in amber has been unearthed from a quarry in Ecuador. The ...

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, ...

There is a direct link between Earth’s crust formation and meteorite impacts influenced by the Milky Way’s structure, as found by a new study.

A team of archaeologists believes that three impressively sized circular ditch structures from around 4500 B.C.E.—which the ...

Learn about the comet impact hypothesis that may explain why North America lost most of its megafauna along with the Clovis ...

These hidden gems span continents, offering everything from medieval fortresses to ancient rice terraces, each with their own captivating story to tell.

Slavery, long embedded in the structures of ancient civilisations of Mesopotamia, Greece, Egypt, and Rome, evolved into a more systematised transatlantic enterprise by the fifteenth century.

The gloomsters are back, along with their world-historical bugbear — the decline of the west. Shortly after entering office, US vice-president JD Vance warned in March that without a clampdown on ...

The Sahel country is one of the few African nations to boast rare dinosaurs, but safeguarding them is a challenge.

Fossils of extinct birds and mammals buried across an Australian national park could hold the secret to protecting their modern ancestors from a growing new threat, climate change. Professor Mike ...