Along Turkey’s northwestern shoreline, where the Aegean Sea meets the olive-covered ridges of Anatolia, lies a quiet district ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists and international partners have recently reported major discoveries ...

MIT scientists have discovered ancient rock samples from Greenland, Canada, and Hawaii exhibiting a rare potassium-40 deficit ...

Sedimentary rocks have unveiled a fascinating chapter in Earth’s geological history, revealing ancient ocean floor cooling.

The discovery suggests ancient communities continued hunting and gathering practices from 8000 BC through the 18th century. Dr. Adrián Oyaneder from the University of Exeter used publicly available ...

Deep rock samples from Greenland, Canada, Hawaii reveal remnants of planet’s 4.5-billion-year-old precursor, offering new ...

The groundbreaking discovery points to the possibility of past life on Mars. A 3.5-billion-year old rock discovered on the Red Planet is "the closest we've come to discovering ancient life on Mars," ...

Missouri State University archaeologists Daniel Pierce and Christopher Bodine are heading to Brazil to study ancient Amazonian geoglyphs that may reveal an unknown civilization.

H. qini was discovered in the Wangmen Formation, a geological rock unit. Paleontologists have discovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaur measuring at 39 feet long. Huashanosaurus qini, ...

Scientists figured out that the universe is billions of years old — after years of reading ancient rocks and dying stars, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants ...