In the fifth episode of our Stones & Bones video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur explores how a newly discovered, turkey-sized raptor shows that dinosaurs in South ...

John Ward Dunsmore's oil painting "Molly Pitcher at Battle of Monmouth." For generations, Molly Pitcher has been celebrated as a Revolutionary War heroine. But historians say the stories of several ...

Centuries before the advent of novocaine electric drills and x-rays, the ancient Maya may have been closing tooth cavities ...

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An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.

Doctors are thrilled about the latest research out of the U.K. showing the remarkable efficacy of the HPV vaccine. Here's ...

A new protein analysis of Homo naledi skeletons reveals a curious twist—none of them seem to have Y chromosomes.

Roman history began in 753 B.C.E., when Romulus killed his twin brother and founded the city that would eventually rule the Mediterranean. That power would be built on slavery. No modern depiction of ...

Can a species bounce back from being 'extinct in the wild'? The blue-winged macaw is showing how it can be done.