Deep inside a handful of caves, scientists are pulling genetic secrets out of bones, teeth and even the surrounding dirt, and ...

Hidden beneath an ancient temple in Assur, Iraq, archaeologists have discovered key evidence of the Cult of Ishtar's origins.

Due to a weird quirk of geology, New Mexico's Bandera Volcano Ice Cave never warms above 31 degrees Fahrenheit, even when ...

Dele Fadele looks at the grizzly but bleakly funny collection that is Murder Ballads and wonders how much of a role gangsta ...

Five days isolated in complete darkness retunes the senses. Scientist Kiana Aran explains how sensors help to share the ...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

With its long wavelength, near-infrared light is hardy enough to survive the limestone surroundings in the cavern: “The ...

Salt is deeply encrusted onto the history of Wieliczka. Around 13.5 million years ago, seawater flooded this basin at the feet of the Carpathian Mountains in Central Europe. Then, slowly but surely, ...

Our planet is an amazing place full of jaw-dropping sites and surreal landscapes – some are very famous, while others remain undiscovered by tourists. That is why we created a list that contains only ...

Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island is nature's deepest secret.

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...