Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea ...

Seven thousand years ago, people living on the Atlantic edge of Europe built a massive wall of stone where land met water.

CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on display Tuesday in the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall while being reassembled in real time. The cedarwood boat, one of two that ...

Researchers studied fossils, well-preserved remains and even a single fingerprint to solve some of history’s long-standing mysteries this year.

Much of our recent work has centred around Antirhodos Island, revealing a temple to the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis which ...

Marine bacteria are key to determining whether carbon is recycled near the ocean surface or transported to deeper waters, but ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

Mariska Hargitay, Laura Poitras and other Oscar-contending nonfiction helmers discuss their process, subjects and ...

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

A 66-million-year-old tooth discovered in North Dakota, USA, suggests that some mosasaurs — extinct lizard-like reptiles that could grow up to 12 metres long — may have hunted in rivers as well as ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A seventh-century B.C.E. burial found in Greece featured an obviously wealthy noblewoman. The relatively young woman was buried with an upside-down ...

From devices that mapped the stars to machines that shook the earth, history hides technology that seems impossible for its time. These lost creations raise questions we still can’t answer Hitmen ...