The snakes may be some of the most resource-efficient animals to farm on the planet, a new study suggests

The National Museum Cardiff is encouraging visitors to snap photos with the 1887 artwork, which is on view in Wales for the first time

Officials detected signs of an eruption only 40 minutes before fountains of lava burst from the ground

Located on a wall behind a bare tree, the work features towering streaks of green meant to look like foliage

Surveys of 24 astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station found that nearly all of them reported headaches, and many of these occurred past the first week in space

The Louvre cleaned and conserved Hans Holbein's 1539 likeness of the Tudor queen, revealing its vibrant colors and previously hidden details

The new discovery could help scientists unravel the mystery of how the arachnids evolved across some 537 million years

Researchers found flutes, bells, gold jewelry and the body of an important religious leader inside the elaborate shared grave

The sunken vessels range in age from 3,000 B.C.E to the 1940s

A new database catalogs 16,000 chemicals found in plastics and identifies more than 4,200 that are potentially hazardous to human health and the environment

Recurring symbols across 16 sites suggest that many of the artworks were created by the same cultural group

Scientists have unearthed more than 4,400 human brains—some more than 12,000 years old—making them less rare than thought, a new study finds

The document was "likely the very first publicly available report on the creation of the bomb," according to RR Auction

Conditions north of the Arctic Circle, where dinosaurs roamed in abundance during the mid-Cretaceous, were warmer than today, with rainfall comparable to “modern-day Miami”

The FBI has returned the rare objects to Okinawa, where they were looted during World War II

Archaeological discoveries add 500 years to the history of Corinth's main harbor

Pebanista yacuruna is the largest freshwater dolphin ever found, but it is more closely related to today's river dolphins of South Asia than those in the Amazon

The Oregon Outback International Dark Sky Sanctuary covers 2.5 million acres in the southeastern part of the state

Residents fled when flames burned through the Must Farm settlement, and now, archaeologists have unearthed its buildings and objects that were preserved in a riverbed

The now-famous “virgin” stingray Charlotte is not having hybrid babies, scientists say. But in nature, distinct species sometimes interbreed to produce surprising offspring