We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the ...

The developer hired a company to conduct an archaeological investigation on the property, but an independent review by a separate local archaeological firm has found the work to be incomplete.

Ek’ Balam is one of the most impressive Mayan archeological zones, thanks to its incredible preservation. A new discovery ...

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The very first humans millions of years ago may have been inventors, according to a discovery in northwest Kenya. Researchers ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

The International Space Station is one of the most remarkable achievements of the modern age. It is the largest, most complex ...

Quinhagak, a small community near the Kuskokwim Bay of the Bering Sea, was largely spared from the most severe damage.

After losing a calf to a black vulture a decade ago, Tom Karr, who raises cattle near Pomeroy, Ohio, tried to move his fall calving season later in the year in hopes the vultures would be gone by then ...

Archaeology is about connection. People can be brought together over the past or even connect directly to that past.

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.