Fossils suggest that prehistoric insects once reached sizes that feel almost unreal by modern standards. Scientists believe ...

Long before becoming the desert known today, the Sahara experienced dramatic environmental changes that continue to puzzle ...

Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 years ago. At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...

The world’s oldest rock art, found in an Indonesian cave, offers new insight into the arrival of the first humans in ancient ...

This 'negative hand,' which researchers have dated to at least 67,800 years ago, is now the oldest known example of cave painting. The discovery fills a crucial gap in tracing the path of our species' ...

The weekend brings Martin Lawrence, the Rockford Burns Club Banquet, Rob Thomas and IceHogs games, along with meat raffles, ...

Men and women differ in morbid curiosity for evolutionary reasons. The psychopathological reasons for daredevils, like free ...

Hominid footprints found on Crete date back 5.6 million years, making them by far the oldest ever discovered in Europe.

In 1997 a dam full of acidic water atop a gypsum stack broke spilling 56 million gallons of acidic wastewater into the Alafia ...

The BYU Museum of Art houses a collection that would make curators in metropolitan areas envious. From Carl Bloch’s religious masterpieces to rotating exhibitions featuring contemporary artists, the ...

Long before big cats, terror birds reigned as apex predators. Here’s how these flightless birds hunted, and why they went extinct.

London is often seen as a bustling metropolis, but David Attenborough’s latest documentary, Wild London, uncovers the surprising wildlife thriving within its urban landscape. This engaging film takes ...