A San Mateo County homeowner woke up early Monday to find that what’s believed to have been a mountain lion had entered her bedroom, snatched her pet dog and walked... 2 injured in shooting and crash ...

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X ...

The males of the species prepare for mating season by excavating nests for the approval of the females — and even other birds and animals.

A 7,000-year-old deer antler discovered in present-day Germany was seemingly most recently fixed to the head not of a deer but of a human. This antler, which specifically came fro ...

Over the next five years, China has pledged to pour more money into original innovation, preparing to raise the share of ...

A dying star’s final breath creates a haunting, brain-shaped cosmic silhouette.

Earlier this year, I attended the funeral of a dear friend who had died of cancer just before Christmas. The service took place in a north London crematorium and contained several achingly moving ...

Researchers discovered evidence of advanced surgery on a 2,500-year-old skull from the ancient Pazyryk culture of southern ...

Hampton third‑graders always stop at this unusual gravestone during their annual tour of a cemetery filled with the town’s earliest settlers.

Sparkling dust drifted across the runway inside the Carrousel du Louvre on Friday as Issey Miyake showcased its fall and ...

What did the face of our ancestors looks like 3 million years ago? Meet the reconstructed skull of “Little Foot” which ...

At Nadeau’s Ice Sculptures, the oldest carving factory in America, a team of former archaeologists and butchers creates ...