We've ranked the most interesting archaeological finds of all time, ranging from the intricate ruins of Machu Picchu to the ...

Prehistoric elephant footprints have been uncovered in Spain, shedding new light on ancient wildlife and ecosystems from the ...

Before modern humans spread across the globe, Earth was already losing enormous predators and strange megafauna to climate ...

The floor of the Cueva de Mono, a cave in the Dominican Republic, is a gruesome graveyard. For thousands of years, it served ...

A massive trail of dinosaur footprints found close to the 2026 Wnter Olympics site in Italy is one of the largest ever ...

For the first time, scientists have analyzed metabolism-related molecules from the fossilized bones of animals that lived 1.3 ...

Some animals seem out of place at first glance. Sometimes that can be chalked up to the limits of imagination, but other ...

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

The now-extinct sea cow species, Salwasiren qatarensis, was discovered thanks to an examination of 21-million-year-old ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

A new pterosaur species was recently discovered in the vomit of a dino. But that's just the start of revelations from ...

The natural history programme "Prehistoric Planet" returns for a third series on Wednesday, bringing back to life the animals of the Ice Age. From woolly mammoths to diprotodons - rhino-sized ...