Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, ...

Scientists discovered a cancer-fighting compound in mold from ancient tombs, revealing a powerful new drug against leukemia.

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

Scientists uncovered ancient avocado remains in a Honduran cave, offering genetic clues that could protect the crop from ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

The mystery deepened in the 1970s when a team of scientists entered the tomb of Polish king Casimir IV. Within weeks, 10 out ...

These lines in the mud are now pushing scientists to rethink the origin story of the Americas. In 2021, a first analysis of these footprints found that they were between 21,000 and 23,000 years old.

This week, see zombie fungi trapped in an amber fossil, explore the sun’s hidden south pole, meet tool-using whales that groom each other, and more.

A newly described ancient mammal discovered in Texas is turning heads—not just for its size, but for what it reveals about ...