A buried jug packed with medieval coin pieces has resurfaced in Russia, raising questions about who hid the fortune.

New research reveals an unseen feature beneath Oregon that could help explain why earthquakes in the Cascadia region behave ...

Neanderthals survived Eurasia’s changing climate, but new evidence points to another force behind their disappearance.

A CERN experiment has recreated early-universe matter with smaller atomic collisions than scientists previously thought ...

A 324-million-year-old fossil hid a secret for decades, and its true identity is reshaping a key chapter of evolution.

Examine a typical tape measure. The blade may resemble something more extraordinary when looking closer. In addition to the ...

Ancient brain tissue survived for millennia after almost everything else vanished, and scientists may finally know why.

Australia’s fairy circles look ordinary from above, but scientists are examining their connection to hydrogen deep below the ...

Ancient fossil babies reveal a surprising twist in evolution, challenging the long-held story of how animals reached land.

Deep inside ancient Australian rocks, scientists found clues pointing to a mysterious meteorite event that occurred when Earth was still a young planet.

For decades, a handful of small, rounded teeth carried more evolutionary weight than the rest of the animal ever could. A ...

Britain’s vanished Cold War jet left two survivors, and a trail of destroyed tools, plans and unfinished promise.