New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

For over a century, reports of giant human skeletons have surfaced across the United States - from Nevada caves to Ohio burial mounds. Newspapers documented massive bones, oversized tools, and remains ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...

Australia's iconic red landscapes have been home to Aboriginal culture and recorded in songlines for tens of thousands of ...

This prehistoric tiger wasn’t a lone ambush hunter. Evidence suggests Homotherium may have hunted in groups. That made it especially dangerous to early human settlements. Its blade-like teeth were ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

Archaeologists say they've unexpectedly found a huge Stone Age cremation pyre in southern-central Africa. The discovery is helping them understand the history of cremation.

The US, China, India, Europe and Japan all have exciting missions on the horizon in 2026. Many of them are collaborative ...

Scientists prepared a high-quality sequence of the giant mammal’s genome based on a specimen preserved in Siberian permafrost ...

The discovery of a giant virus called Ushikuvirus offers inklings into the origin and evolution of our complex cells and new ...

Giant “dragon stones” found across the Armenian highlands were shaped and installed by an ancient “water cult”, archaeologists revealed in a new study. The pillar stones carved in animal shapes and ...

For decades, two small bone pieces sat quietly in a museum drawer in Alaska, labelled as mammoth remains and largely ...