Although it's surfacing anew as a terrorist weapon, the deadly anthrax disease has plagued the world for centuries, with reports of it dating back to biblical times. Anthrax is blamed for several ...

New research finds that ocean-dwelling fish entered freshwater environments on several occasions, evolving enhanced hearing abilities in the process. When ancient marine fish transitioned from ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

The ancient site of Karnak is one of the most impressive places to visit in Egypt. Situated just a short distance from the ...

National Reptile Awareness Day 2025 highlights how reptiles shape ecosystems; they show how nature balances under stress.

Hundreds of life-sized animal petroglyphs suggest that the notoriously arid region was populated around 12,000 years ago, ...

Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered a Roman hospital converted into a Byzantine church in Kaunos, revealing a millennium of ...

A comprehensive breakdown of the complex Lost timeline, covering key events from ancient civilizations on the Island to the ...

Turns out, ancient body art is a lot more common than we once thought—and it's providing historians with new ways of ...

The U.S. government shut down much of its operations just after midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 1 as Congress and the White House remain deadlocked on reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

The Declaration of Independence was as much economic as political, resisting the mercantilist system favored by the British. That same year, Adam Smith published “The Wealth of Nations,” providing ...