A piece of ancient Egyptian papyrus held at the British Museum has been cited as possible evidence supporting some of the Bible's most controversial claims about giants.

Ancient alerce trees may shelter entire underground ecosystems, with vast fungal networks helping forests cycle nutrients and store carbon.

Now, a 3,300-year-old Egyptian text preserved in the British Museum is once again fueling one of the Bible's most controversial debates: were the giants of the Old Testament rooted in real historical ...

Fire-resistance, ‘swollen knees’ to fight decay, toxins to wipe out rivals: There are lessons for science in tools that help the world’s oldest trees survive.

MS Dhoni and Sakshi Dhoni captured attention with their elegant attire at the wedding of Arjun Tendulkar and Saaniya Chandhok in Mumbai. The cricket couple arrived in understated yet sophisticated ...

India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh lead in dairy consumption, but genetics reveal most adults are lactose intolerant.

While many Westerners find the idea of eating beetles or crickets unappetizing, this view is actually a global outlier. For roughly two billion people worldwide, eating insects — known as entomophagy ...

See how trees rose, endured and survived across 500 million years; evolving superpowers and weaponry; and shaping how we grip ...

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

Emperors have come and gone but, today, the leaders of this Roman monument live and die by pincers, not swords ...

Located off Africa’s western shore, Príncipe is a quiet paradise — where ancient jungle spills into the sea, endemic species ...