Across deserts, jungles, and polar ice, new discoveries are quietly stretching the story of civilization further back in time ...

I was standing under a glacier’s retreating edge in Montana a year ago. Only five years ago, the ranger who led our group ...

Create five-star memories with an epic adventure trip. Here are five ideas to consider. Witness gray whale mamas and their ...

Rome has opened two subway stations. One is deep beneath the Colosseum that mixes the modernity of high-tech transport with artifacts from an ancient era.

Fossil egg found in Antarctica suggests marine reptiles laid eggs, challenging previous beliefs about ancient life.

IZNIK, Turkey —On the second day of his inaugural foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the site where early Christian leaders met 1,700 years ago for the First Council of Nicaea — the gathering that ...

Explore the hidden shafts and underground chambers beneath Giza that few ever get to see. These mysterious structures raise big questions about ancient engineering and what really lies beneath the ...

Our writers and contributors have chosen their favourite ever science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games, board ...

The most exciting and authentic travel experiences right now are found in places without tourist hordes. Lesser-known gems ...

Shaina Sadai has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Hitz Family Foundation. Ambarish Karmalkar receives funding from National Science Foundation. When polar ice sheets melt, ...

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If it were to ever melt away entirely, it would add 10 feet to global sea levels. Even considering how ...