Before going extinct roughly two million years ago, canids known as borophagines took down and consumed much larger prey ...

Maggots might have helped our long-extinct relatives avoid protein poisoning by providing a nutritious source of fat, a new study suggests ...

Englishman Thomas Stukeley offered his services to various Catholic powers. He died while fighting for the Portuguese at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir on August 4, 1578 ...

A genome analysis indicates wild tomatoes and a potato-like plant called Etuberosum hybridized to create the modern potato ...

A man of the people, the artist put his money where his mouth was by visiting prisons around the country and performing the ...

Blue crabs, bluebirds, beetles and many more creatures can be spotted in and around the bay—and scientists at the Smithsonian ...

The pok-ta-pok revival began in Mexico in the mid-1900s, but it only picked up steam over the past decade, with Belize ...

An art dealer attending a house clearance sale spotted the Surrealist's signature in the corner of the work, which depicts a ...

Footage taken off the coast of Norway reveals that orcas team up to maximize their prey, according to a new study ...

Researchers equipped study participants with virtual reality headsets and observed how their brains and immune systems ...

Discovered in 2016, the sandstone carvings on the western shore of Oahu depict human-like figures and extend across more than ...

The Dudderhouse Hill long cairn is one of the oldest known sites built by humans in England. It now has the highest level of ...