Ancient DNA from China’s Shimao settlement reveals new clues about its people, origins, family systems, and ancient rituals.

A century-old suitcase hidden in a Canadian bank vault contained a legendary royal treasure the world believed was lost ...

Evolution has repeatedly pushed different crustacean lineages toward the same broad, compact, crab-like body shape, a pattern ...

Scientists found oxygen forming in the Pacific’s darkest depths, and the discovery could reshape the fight over mining the seafloor far below sunlight. © Oxygen Is ...

On June 21, 2026, daily global sea surface temperatures outside the polar regions reached their highest levels ever recorded for that time of year, according to two independent European ...

A team of geoscientists and alumni from Winona State University recovered a 66-million-year-old Edmontosaurus from a remote butte in southwestern North Dakota in July 2024, and the fossil may be one ...

Microscopic fragments buried for hundreds of millions of years are forcing scientists to rethink when plants developed one of their most powerful survival tools. The study, published July 15 in ...

The jaws of an ancient marine worm have revealed a natural material that behaves in unexpected ways under pressure. Researchers found it shares some mechanical traits with metals while remaining ...

Smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada spread over the northeastern United States, turning skies gray, orange, and yellow while driving air pollution to dangerous levels. The ...

New archaeological finds in Egypt reveal a Byzantine settlement with streets and a church, as well as tombs containing gold pieces used in ancient burial practices ...

A five-year project will analyze 250 Dead Sea Scroll samples, while the Copper Scroll and its listed treasure sites remain beyond the study’s methods. The European Research Council awarded €2.5 ...