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

An analysis of corn, cassava and coca plants discovered with sacrificed Inca children reveals they died during the reign of ...

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

The Atlantic's enigmatic "cold blob" has once again been linked to a weakening of key ocean currents and a devastating ...

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

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 ...

NASA has confirmed its MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after losing contact with the probe in December. An anomaly in the ...

After domesticating potatoes 10,000 years ago, the ancient people of the Andes evolved to have more copies of a key gene ...

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 ...

Northern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption.

Researchers say the Arctic Ocean crossed a biological tipping point in 2009, when nitrate levels in the water suddenly ...