Inside that coprolite (a fossilized piece of dung) paleontologists have discovered the oldest physical evidence of Lepidoptera, the group that includes moths and butterflies. Microscopic scales, just ...

The Heliodorus Pillar is an Indo-Greek monument in India linking ancient Greek diplomacy with early Indian devotion practices.

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that ancient Romans consumed songbirds as everyday street food, challenging long-held ...

Last week, a day like all days, though perhaps less futile than most. I was out for a walk. Some call it a scholarly pursuit; others, a mere diversion. Here, ...

The heirs of the former Prussian monarchy and Germany's state-run cultural foundations on Friday announced a deal that will ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 ...

A 47-million-year-old cicada fossil found reveals intact wing veins and rewrites the distribution and evolution of ancient ...

Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with ...

An investigation carried out with an unmanned underwater vehicle has revealed new details about an 18th-century shipwreck in ...

The paper documents the earliest known evidence of birds nesting in polar regions. Each spring, the Arctic comes alive with the sounds of chirping and the arrival of fluffy hatchlings, as millions of ...

Due to the dry climate where the coin was discovered, the desert patina on an ancient bronze composition coin is a sandy ...