Researchers found Ice Age men, including a boy from southern Italy, had dark skin and blue eyes, revealing insights into ...

Fossils from more than 600,000 years ago reveal how Southern Europe's animal community shifted between warm and cold climate fluctuations, according to a new study.

Geologist Sharmaine Verhaert explains her search for the origins of pink sand found on beaches near Adelaide on The ...

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

A recent study suggests that ancient viruses preserved in glacial ice hold valuable clues about Earth’s climate history.

T he migration of wildebeest in a massive loop around the plains of the Serengeti is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular events on Earth, but it turns out it may have a rival when it comes to the ...

Most animals retreated to small, warmer enclaves. But some, like humans, seemed to have stayed where they were.

Humans seem to have been adapted to the last ice age in similar ways to wolves and bears, according to our recent study, ...

Perimenopause is the transitional period leading to menopause. Menopause is recognized when you have no periods for a full year. Perimenopause usually begins during your 30s or 40s. Your estrogen ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - More than 350 people have died from cholera in Nigeria in the first nine months of this year, a 239% jump from the same period last year, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease ...