A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...

Insects have long pollinated plants, but evidence of ancient pairing is rare. Fossils now show bees and linden trees goes back 24 million years.

Once they awaken, these microbes continue to break down soil and release carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere.

The $148,000 award supports collaborative research and community outreach on Pennsylvania’s Devonian fossil record.

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by ...

The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?

Ancient Romans had a big appetite for a certain kind of fish sauce – and a new study is revealing exactly what went into it. Researcher Gonçalo Themudo published his findings in the journal Antiquity ...

The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...

Learn how an unconventional folk cure landed one woman in the hospital, yet the idea that frogs hold pain-relieving powers ...