For centuries, scientists have observed that animals in warmer climates have longer limbs—a pattern known as Allen's Rule.

Tardigrades (aka "water bears") are micro-animals that can survive in the harshest conditions: extreme pressure, extreme ...

Archaeologists have analysed a skeleton from a probable "gladiator ... Chemical signatures in the bones suggest several of the men hailed from distant parts of the empire. The bodies were riddled ...

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands.

Don’t ask Rylan Jackiewicz how to build a skeleton. By his own admission, he doesn’t know how.Jackiewicz, 16, learned the ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the Roman Empire. A marble relief from first- or second-century Ephesus ...

“That is why the new skeleton is so important.” Additional analysis of the man’s bones showed he recovered from malnutrition as a child but had spinal issues due to overloading his back and ...

Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a lion, experts say. The remains were discovered during a 2004 dig at ...