The pagan temple sheds new light on the empire's gradual embrace of Christianity

Using satellite imagery and A.I., a new study finds about 75 percent of industrial fishing is not publicly tracked, and clandestine ships enter marine protected areas

Biologists and conservationists are grappling with a controversial plan to kill 470,000 barred owls in the Pacific Northwest over the next 30 years

Artemis 2 has been pushed from later this year to no earlier than September 2025, and the Artemis 3 moon landing will not occur before September 2026

Critics say the image is disrespectful of the original work, which the artist made as a commentary on the AIDS epidemic

Cultural heritage supporters are hoping to see the facility listed as a protected site

Climate scientists have confirmed that last year's heat was unprecedented, surpassing records by a wide margin—but it could be one of the coolest years to come

Excavations at Saqqara revealed burials, colorful masks and statues of the goddess Isis

After coal mine workers found the 50-pound specimen, paleontologists studied the site and uncovered more than 20 additional bones

The National Park Service had proposed replacing the statue with public resources showcasing the city's Native American history

The now-extinct bears were mostly vegetarians and measured about the same size as today's North American grizzlies

The structure's purpose is unclear, but researchers think it may have been used to divide the city in two

The 2,300-year-old Palace of Aigai—the largest building in classical Greece—had been under renovation for 16 years

The massive primates were unable to shift their diet to keep pace with a changing climate, according to a new study, forcing them to eat less nutritious bark and twigs

Genetic variants linked to the risk of MS were brought to Europe during a migration around 5,000 years ago, a new study finds—and they might have helped herders survive

Researchers who investigated the site estimate that it's about 700 years old

The remains, dug up in the 1980s, might shed light on T. rex's mysterious origins, according to a new paper

Laser imaging has revealed an extensive network of settlements and roads that challenge historical understandings of the area

Some of the Northern Hemisphere's most populous areas are at risk of warming past a critical threshold, after which snowpack melts rapidly with even small rises in temperature, study finds

Freedom of information requests have revealed more details about absent artifacts from the last 20 years