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Researchers have discovered a new species of prehistoric shark, and at about 13 feet long, it was comparable to the size of the great white sharks of today.

An ancient city gate and shrine that King Hezekiah ordered to be destroyed during the eighth century B.C., according to the Hebrew Bible, are seeing the light of day following an excavation in Israel.

Bones and tools found at an archaeological site near the city of Tres Arroyos, Argentina, lend more evidence to the idea that prehistoric people lived in the Americas earlier than thought.

A team of explorers say they have revealed an underwater cave to be the world's deepest, at 1,325 feet down, near the eastern Czech town of Hranice.

The Queen's English as spoken in the UK is under attack by immigrants, computers, American television, and youths.

After a journey of billions of miles and a historic cosmic rendezvous, the Rosetta spacecraft met its end when it had a “controlled impact” with the comet it had been studying.

Violence comes naturally to humans, but we are far less murderous than we used to be, a new study shows.

Dogs might be better than humans at ignoring bad advice, suggests a new study out of Yale.

Archaeologists in Glasgow, Scotland, briefly excavated and then reburied a 5,000-year-old slab of stone that contains incised swirling geometric decorations.

Researchers have discovered that theropods that developed ornaments on their heads evolved to gigantic body sizes 20 times faster than those that didn’t.

Researchers have discovered that theropods that developed ornaments on their heads evolved to gigantic body sizes 20 times faster than those that didn’t.

Two South African students may have gotten in over their heads when they "liberated" a penguin from a South African marine park, the BBC reports.

Dramatic video from Australia has captured an unusual sight: a dolphin jumping onto a surfboard.

About 42,000 years ago, the Neanderthals — the stocky cousins of modern humans — fashioned tiny jewelry beads from animal teeth, shells and ivory, a new study finds.

On Tuesday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled plans for a spacecraft and rocket project that intends to put intelligent life on Mars: human life.

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a 2,900-year-old gate-shrine they say confirms the biblical story of King Hezekiah, who mandated the worship of God and the rejection of all other deities.

Archaeologists have been stunned by the discovery of Roman coins in the ruins of a Japanese castle.

Dozens of circular geoglyphs, some comprising several intertwined rings, have been identified and mapped near the ancient Peruvian town of Quilcapampa, revealing that these earthen designs were created near ancient pathways used for trade.

On Tuesday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled plans for a spacecraft and rocket project that intends to put intelligent life on Mars: human life.

The question of what happened to the 129 crew members of the ill-fated 1845 “Franklin Expedition” that was lost in the Canadian Arctic has long fascinated historians. However, researchers at the University of Glasgow may have unearthed clues to help solve the mystery.