Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges. Hidden inside rocks over 541 million years old are rare molecular “fingerprints ...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that ...

It would be the first hard evidence that elephants were used in battle by General Hannibal.

A new study shows ancient Maya communities transported live dogs over long distances and fed them maize-rich diets, revealing ...

There were schools of thought in Ancient Greece that speculated about extraterrestrial life, in trying to answer questions ...

A small elephant bone found in Spain may be the first physical evidence of Hannibal's legendary war elephants.

A 2,200-year-old elephant bone found in Spain may finally prove Hannibal brought war elephants to the battlefield.

A massive, centuries-long drought may have driven the extinction of the “hobbits” of Flores. Climate records preserved in cave formations show rainfall plummeted just as the small human species ...

A bone from an elephant foot discovered under a fallen wall in southern Spain may be the first tangible proof that Hannibal ...

Soil from 7,000-year-old Swedish graves reveals hidden feathers and fur, showing some Stone Age people were fully dressed at their burial.