This rare example of an Aztec ritual mask was carved from wood over five centuries ago to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the god ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gives the climate event a 63% chance to "rank among the largest El Niño ...

Researchers have discovered a "megasite" of dead whales along with new species of marine life feasting on the corpses.

The most famous lake in the trio, Lake Tahoe (on the left), is the largest alpine lake in the U.S.. It covers an area of ...

In response to the Disneyland outbreak, we ended up passing SB-277 in California and a number of other important vaccination ...

In a first, underwater archaeologists in the Bahamas have discovered three shipwrecks associated with the Golden Age of ...

People with a rare condition experience "pauses" in their heart beat that cause them to faint. A new procedure could change ...

This suggested language began through imitation of natural sounds. Early humans, according to this theory, copied the noises ...

The Romans were the first to wear clog-style footwear to the baths to protect their feet from the hot floor and to better ...

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in ...

In a proof-of-concept lab experiment, scientists demonstrated that intestinal parasites could make and release therapeutic ...

A new Chinese quantum computing system pairs two independent neutral-atom arrays in one processor, aiming to boost stability, ...