CRISPR is one of the most revolutionary technologies of the modern era, and now it's being used to bring back long-lost genes ...

Bones of now extinct species became a haven for bee babies thousands of years ago, scientists report in a first-of-its-kind ...

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

An archaeological team has uncovered for the first time more than half of the temple, long buried under River Nile sediment.

Death Valley National Park has experienced so much record-breaking rainfall this season that an ancient lake has reappeared.

Some of the carved masks indicated that the nearby Roman theater hosted much more than just staged dramas.

The ancient liturgy of the Rorate Caeli Advent Mass honors the Blessed Virgin Mary through a Mass celebrated at dawn, in ...

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

We speak with a professor in Wales who's working on an ancient Celtic dictionary.

Archaeologists in western Turkey uncover a Hellenistic marble head believed to depict the Greek goddess Hestia.