A never-before-seen emperor penguin colony — one of only 66 known to exist — has been spotted by accident in satellite photographs of West Antarcti…
Evolution has produced stunningly complex features, from neuron-studded octopus arms to the mammalian ear. Can evolution ever go "backward,&qu…
SINGAPORE – A mother of three was so in love with a man she met online that she surrendered more than $200,000 worth of her insurance policies and …
Scientists have demonstrated in a first that a powerful laser beam directed at the sky can create a “virtual lightning rod” that can divert the pat…
It is now widely accepted that birds are descended from dinosaurs . It is also understood that this transition encompasses some of the most dramat…
Beavers are renowned for building dams, which the animals construct from trees and branches they cut using their strong front teeth, according to t…
The Confederate memorial on Stone Mountain in Georgia seems elemental. The vast bas-relief sculpture of Jefferson Davis, Robert. E. Lee and Stonewall…
Scientists have discovered a new way to identify the average ages when men and women reproduced throughout human evolutionary history. By studying …
Geologists in northern Guatemala have discovered a massive Maya site that stretches approximately 650 square miles (1,700 square kilometers) and da…
According to a paper by Washington State University anthropologist Rachel Horowitz, the ruling Maya elite in the K’iche’ region of what is now Guat…