A study of more than 3,000 genomes has traced a gene mutation that confers HIV resistance to a person who lived near the ...

Ancient human remains in a famous Greek tomb can't be Alexander the Great's father after all, a scientific analysis reveals.

Despite the deep ocean floor coating some 66% of our planet's surface, we haven't explored 99.999% of it, study finds.

A likely source of contamination has been identified in an ongoing Listeria outbreak affecting California and Nevada.

A river that drained the slopes of a now-vanished volcano may have carved Yosemite Valley's depths during the last 10 million ...

Fossil sites in Australia hold pollen and spores from the dinosaur age, when the island straddled the Antarctic Circle. Now, ...

"My contention is that Earth may, if we are lucky and diligent and clever enough, grow an emergent superconsciousness." ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

May's full moon appeared full all weekend, but will peak tonight (Monday, May 12). Here's everything you need to know about ...