In A Nutshell A tiny, 250-million-year-old fossil from South Africa offers the first compelling evidence that an ancient ...

With artificial intelligence (AI) as an essential tool, San Diego State University researchers have discovered surprising similarities among ancient writing systems from Africa and the Caucasus region ...

Some 2,000 years ago, an ancient Roman left a burnt offering at a household shrine in Boscoreale, a town just north of ...

Pack some sandwiches and drinks for a budget-friendly outing. The dinosaurs won’t complain about crumbs. This spot shows that Maryland knows how to surprise its residents. You don’t need a plane ...

In a study published in The Anatomical Record, researchers have identified a new species of large-bodied gorgonopsian from the middle Permian. The discovery pushed back the known origins of when these ...

The site holds three prominent mounds, known as Koms A, B, and C, with Kom C selected for investigation due to its history ...

With the planned creation of new galleries for its Arts of Africa collection, the Brooklyn Museum hopes visitors will see their cultures “represented with dignity.” By Aruna D’Souza The Brooklyn ...

The Hindu goddess Kali — cobalt-skinned, four-armed, and adorned with a necklace of severed human heads — raises a blood-soaked blade above her head, the tool of her particularly ferocious trade. Her ...

The Goths were a multi-ethnic society, according to a study of DNA from Gothic graves. The people buried there had ancestry from places as far afield as Scandinavia, modern-day Turkey and North Africa ...

Greenpeace Africa volunteers gather in Nairobi, calling for climate finance funds for Africa. Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images Our vision is that this bank would be established by African governments as a ...

Traditional loko iʻa aquaculture ponds fed Hawaiians for thousands of years, but through the 19th and 20th centuries, most were abandoned. Today, they are not only staging a comeback, but providing a ...

Gary Player reopened a big can of worms at the Masters this week - and here's what some of you have been saying about rolling ...