As President Donald J. Trump seeks to make good on his campaign pledge of mass arrests and removals of migrants, the U.S.

Jimmy Chin, Academy Award winning documentarian and prolific climber, said the first step in pushing the limits of human ...

In the plains of western Ukraine, researchers digging through ancient soil found a handful of small, broken pieces of ivory ...

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new ...

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a new report. The hell ant, which was preserved in limestone, is a member ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by ...

The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be some 107,320 new cases of colon cancer this year alone.

Radiocarbon testing revealed a stunning fact about the 10,000-year-old mummy of a middle-aged man who was wrapped in a rabbit ...

Scientists spent several months fishing with longlines at a fjord in search of sharks, rays and dogfish. Take a look at their ...