For more than a hundred years, one of America’s most famous fossil sites appeared to have given up all its secrets. That ...

Long before forests of tall trees covered the planet, Earth was ruled by something stranger: towering, trunk like organisms ...

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought ...

A research trip to Antarctica uncovered marine life that hadn't been seen before in one of the world's most remote spots.

In the Arizona desert, a vast glass structure sits far from cities and farmland. It was built to test an idea that once ...

The history of the planet and the civilizations that have lived on it are among life’s greatest mysteries.People have roamed ...

From Sinners to One Battle After Another (both of which received over 10 nominations), the competition is intense. The ceremony airs on Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, giving you plenty of ...

Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about ...

A faded reddish hand stencil discovered inside an Indonesian cave has claimed the title of the world's oldest known rock art, ...

A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years.

An international team of scientists has designed a new type of therapy to target the mutant toxic RNA that causes myotonic ...