The newfound species suggests that the marine creatures have existed for at least a hundred million years longer than previously believed, a new study says.

Global warming is causing reduced snowfall and earlier melts, which will leave the U.S. West parched during summer dry seasons, scientists have found.

Fish farms currently provide sustainable populations of fish for eating, but fish raised in open-net farms can spread disease and parasites to wild fish.

Well-preserved mummies and gilded caskets have been discovered in an ancient Egyptian "city of the dead" thought to have been looted clean.

Mastodon teeth clacked anew in Greece, a Kenyan boy was among many wounded by arrows, China unveiled a bubbly Olympic swim center, and more.

An ex-art smuggler and the former head of Scotland Yard's Art and Antiquities Squad have joined forces to expose illegal trade in ancient treasures.

Bats are dying off by the thousands around New York and Vermont due to a mysterious ailment dubbed "white nose syndrome," researchers say.

The male Anna's hummingbird creates a loud squeak with its tail feathers during rapid dives, according to research that offers the first demonstration of a "new way for a bird to make a sound."

The hairless, finger-size animals' numbness to acidic burning sensations could help scientists in their quest to help humans in pain, a new study says.

An 80-million-year-old fossil found in Brazil could be a "missing link" between prehistoric and modern-day crocodiles, experts say.

An 1872 law that allows mining companies to buy land in the U.S. West for about $5 an acre is running smack into 21st-century sensibilities.

Parts of the Eurasian country have been digging out from massive snowfall, with up to ten feet (three meters) reported in the central regions.