The cave paintings were discovered by an international team of researchers preserved in limestone caves on one of Sulawesi’s ...

Beating the previous record for the oldest known cave artwork by at least 15,000 years, a hand stencil in an Indonesian cave ...

An expedition off the coast of Massachusetts has confirmed the existence of a freshwater reservoir beneath the seafloor. Now, ...

Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to ...

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

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

Archaeologists discovered two mysterious Roman-era pools sitting under a heap of junkyard cars in eastern Rome. With an ...

New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in DNA sequencing are helping researchers resolve a ...

Writers in the Tang period described “golden armor,” but archaeologists had not previously had a physical example to examine. That gap is what makes this restoration notable: the conservation work ...

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

An ancient Mayan calendar, the Dresden Codex, was able to predict eclipses for centuries, revealing surprising scientific ...

Mars is famous for its volcanoes, canyons and ancient river valleys, but some of its most active geology happens in slow ...