Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade ...

When Cassius — the world's largest captive crocodile — died in Australia, his keepers thought he could be over 120 years old. Now, a necropsy could reveal his true age.

An eruption of Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki stratovolcano rained debris and ash on villages on the island of Flores.

A brain circuit made up of three types of neurons may regulate appetite, a mouse study finds. The drive to eat may be ...

India is eyeing a 2028 launch for its Chandrayaan-4 moon sample-return mission, followed by an uncrewed lunar lander and ...

An analysis of previous sacrifices at the same site suggests the victims were conquered people brought to work on the land.

Satellite images show the true extent of the flash flooding in Valencia during a freak weather event that killed at least 214 ...

Earth surface is covered with rigid plates that move, crash into each other and dive into the planet's interior. But when did ...

At an Iron Age cemetery in Sweden, archaeologists discovered an unusual grave of a woman interred with an iron folding knife ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

Generally, there are 52 weeks and one additional day in a regular year. In a leap year, which occurs almost every four years, ...

Cassius the 17-foot saltwater crocodile was captured in 1984 after he started attacking cattle and boat propellers. He died ...