A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

In her book, Finding Forgotten Cities ... he conducted a series of excavations at the site that revealed some of the most ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...

Urgent action is needed to protect endangered species, human health and industry from the impacts of the Caspian Sea shrinking, research has found.

In Ancient Palestine, numerous wars took place between the Israelites and the Philistines. What do we know about these wars?

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding light on a booming, ancient ... made with seal and walruses ...

When abroad, speaking someone’s native tongue will usually get you into their good books. This is even the ... more than English to try to speak this ancient tongue.” He added: “I got ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

A budding author’s latest book will help the charity that saves lives at sea - as well as helping to protect seals which live on the Norfolk coast. Amaya Edwards was signing copies of The Adventures ...