Few moments in paleontology are as exciting as the discovery of dinosaur eggs. These fragile and ancient specimens offer a ...

In a new study featured by New Scientist, researchers propose that Mars might have once had a much larger moon than it does ...

Oxygen began entering Earth's oceans around 2.32 billion years ago, and shallow seas followed within a few million years.

Radiocarbon dating conducted as part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Adopt a Mammoth Project showed that the fossils ...

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...

The concrete of ancient Rome was notoriously strong. Many of the buildings, bridges, and aqueducts built by the Romans still ...

Thousands of years ago, the Sahara Desert was a lush and fertile landscape, home to thriving communities. A new study ...

Because these objects are anchored to specific historical contexts, their ages provide a reliable snapshot of the period. The ...

New data from radiocarbon dating is offering deeper insights into ancient Egypt and its relationship with the volcanic ...

Some species are unisexual and reproduce by parthenogenesis.

In doing so, Paralvinella hessleri, a tiny deep-sea worm first discovered in 1989, transforms one of the deadliest substances ...

A stunning discovery in Roman Britain has revealed fingerprints left on liquid gypsum used to prepare bodies for burial, ...