One of the most famous artworks of the ancient world reads almost like a map of the Roman Empire's power.

Interestingly, the fossil was found in the same archaeological layer as a coin of Augustus, the first Roman emperor.

Sea otters are themselves a top predator in the near-shore ecosystem, while wolves are an apex predator in the terrestrial ...

Archaeologists at a site in Bronze Age Thailand found evidence of betel nut chewing from 4,000 years ago, and they did it by ...

Pythons can easily disappear. They blend into the vegetation, evade trail cameras, and often slip through even the most ...

The tests took place in a small arena with specific time intervals. This was to avoid stress and prevent the snakes from ...

Studies suggest that -CF₃ doesn’t accumulate in the body like its longer cousins. Scientists believe the coating primarily breaks down into trifluoroacetic acid, which the body excretes easily and ...

The potato, it turns out, is not a “purebreed.” It’s the result of an ancient and accidental hybridization that occurred ...

The deep ocean is a world of crushing pressure, freezing temperatures, and eternal darkness. For most of history, scientists ...

Every battery is limited by the critical current density (CCD), which determines how quickly a battery can safely accept ...

On Earth, that trio — hydrogen, oxidants and shuffling iron — can sustain microbes living far below the surface and far from ...

Ant-eating mammals evolved independently over a dozen times since the fall of the dinosaurs.