Scientists have identified DNA that is around 200,000 years old at an open-air archaeological site in Germany, a place where experts once believed such genetic material could not survive. The find was ...

34 horses escaped a rescue mission and disappeared into harsh terrain with little food or water. What followed was a desperate, multi-day effort involving helicopters, cowboys, and hundreds of miles ...

Researchers had long assumed the art inside Font-de-Gaume in France was made with pigments that couldn't be analyzed using ...

We traveled to Mongolia to live like real warriors of Genghis Khan. From eating sheep head and drinking fermented horse milk… to wrestling and horseback archery — this was one of the toughest ...

Public art is often – and deservedly – the object of derision. The Orbit Tower in the Olympic Park, by Anish Kapoor and Cecil ...

Maryland could soon have a state shark. The massive predator’s fossilized teeth can still be found around the state.

A newly described African species in the magic mushroom family confirms its evolutionary origin. Psilocybe ochraceocentrata is found growing on cattle dung in the grasslands of southern Africa and ...

This newest national park in Croatia offers access to stunning historic castles, oak forests, medieval towns and prehistoric caves, as well as extensive hiking and cycling trails. View on euronews ...

Samegrelo is arguably one of the greenest regions in Georgia. Travelers are drawn here not only by its natural ...

The silicon figures are a touching version of what the Hindi language calls ‘smaran’, or remembrance ...

A mysterious form of plague that spread across Eurasia thousands of years before the Black Death has finally revealed a crucial clue. Scientists analyzing ancient DNA discovered the bacterium Yersinia ...

I recently read “The Mohawk” by Codman Hislop,  who taught American Civilization at Union College in Schenectady, New York.