Ready for a holiday with a twist? This summer, step away from the beach and into the history books! From the dinosaur trails ...

A cave in southwestern South Africa was used as a paint production workshop, where ancient artists made a liquid ochre pigment. The toolkit of shells, stone, and bone from Blombos Cave suggests Middle ...

The world’s oldest known drawing has been identified on a small stone flake recovered in South Africa’s Blombos Cave. The tiny fragment measures less than two inches long and barely half an inch wide ...

About 250 species of subterranean fish are known on Earth, eking out a living in a world of permanent dark and scant food. They are usually small, generally a few inches long, since there’s usually ...

Last month, researchers from the Great Maya Aquifer Project announced the discovery of the world's largest underwater cave system in Yucatán after realizing that two massive cave systems in the ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Café Olé, just outside the Crystal & Fantasy Caves, has one of the best fish sandwiches on the island. A sun hat is essential because you'll sit in the garden while they prepare ...