Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability, a new study pushes back.

Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better understand extreme climate shifts in Transylvania during the 16th century.

Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, will gain "maximum brilliance" at night on Valentine's Day across Kentucky skies ...

Extensive evidence, including global temperature and sea ice data, shows Earth's climate is changing due to human activity.

A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals spent time on mudflats that were sometimes exposed to the air – a find that c ...

New research indicates that hominins migrated into Eurasia approximately 200,000 years earlier than previously believed, ...

While the premise of this movie might sound like Madagascar, Ice Age, A Bug's Life, Zootopia, or any number of cutesy, ...

Ancient Magdalenians practiced cannibalism, consuming enemies and possibly loved ones, revealing prehistoric violence.

Discovered over a century ago, the late Upper Paleolithic archeological site included stone and bone tools, evidence of ...

Evidence from an 18,000-year-old cave in modern day Poland has revealed that Ice Age people may have practiced violent ...

Welcome to Colorado’s Used Bookstore, where bibliophiles go to get gloriously lost. Nestled in the heart of Englewood, this ...

Climatologists analyze various natural climate data repositories to understand Earth’s past. Glaciers, sediments, and pollen convene to form a kind of “nature’s archive” from which natural scientists ...