Three authors have been awarded $10,000 prizes for blending scientific research with literary grace. The National Book ...

Heartworm disease is caused by the parasite Dirofilaria immitis. It is spread to dogs by mosquitoes and can be fatal. Adult ...

At the height of the world’s first pandemic, the people of the ancient Roman city of Jerash buried hundreds of bodies on top ...

Flinders University paleontology researchers—with local fossil experts—have discovered how prolific shorebirds, including the ...

The findings shed new light on ancient winemaking. Archaeological evidence shows that wine was being produced at least 8,000 ...

Harry is a U.K.-based senior staff writer at Live Science. He studied marine biology at the University of Exeter before ...

The buildings were used for a variety of purposes, from mealtimes to “industrial activities” that kept the site running.

These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

A new global study into heartworm points to a new evolutionary paradigm, where ancient canid hosts such as wolves and dingoes ...

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

A 7,000-year-old grave site in present-day Oman indicates that the region’s Neolithic communities sometimes turned to an ...

A love note, a gladiatorial combat scene, a barrage of insults and everyday confessions have emerged on a wall in Pompeii, ...