Gold is one of the rarest and most valuable metals on Earth. So far, people have mined about 209,000 tonnes of gold, and another 52,000 tonnes are still underground. Today, countries like China, ...

Just as geology created the conditions for human habitation in the Fertile Crescent, those same tectonic movements created the stage for today’s hydrocarbon-based conflicts.

A research team led by Dr. Márton Rabi from the Biogeology Department of the University of Tübingen, together with Máté ...

Only one specimen of Alcovasaurus has ever been found, named for the tiny Wyoming town of Alcova, where it was discovered ...

By GAGE WILSON For Glasgow News 1 A solid crowd gathered to hear former Mammoth Cave guide Jerry Bransford share a history that runs deeper than the ...

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed in a cave.

NGORONGORO: FEW places on earth inspire awe quite like the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with its spectacular beauty and natural magnificence that has captivated the Joint Permanent Commission on ...

Learn how advanced scanning and 3D reconstruction revealed the face of the Little Foot fossil and new insights into Australopithecus and early human evolution in Africa.

In the middle decades of the 19th century, Britain experienced rapid industrial change without suffering revolution or major ...

Do the bones of all Nile crocodiles have the same number of growth marks as their age? And can such growth rings be counted to accurately gauge the age of these reptiles? Is this also an accurate ...

A new digital reconstruction of the face of the 3.67‑million‑year‑old Australopithecus fossil, Little Foot, provides new insight into the evolution of the human face.  The new findings, published ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — A mine collapse at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo left at least 200 dead, according to Congolese authorities, a number disputed by the rebel group that controls the ...