Skeletons buried deep beneath a square in London yield new information about how one of history’s deadliest plagues spread through 14th-century Britain.
On March 29, 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well near Xi’an made one of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.
Recent cases have highlighted the difficulties facing families of U.S. servicemen killed in World War II and buried as “unknowns” thousands of miles from home.
British researchers have found the earliest known case of human metastatic cancer in the skeleton of a young man who died around 1200 B.C. in ancient Egypt.
New findings announced this week support the theory that the universe underwent a fast and furious expansion just a fraction of a second after the Big Bang.
A newly discovered species of tyrannosaur roamed the ancient Arctic 70 million years ago and was about half the size of its close cousin, Tyrannosaurus rex.
Explore the history behind six of the most famous Mardi Gras traditions, New Orleans-style.
A new report provides insight into the amazing graveyard of fossilized whale skeletons unearthed during the construction of a Chilean highway.
