The fossils date back an estimated 125 million years ago. Paleontologists in China have discovered a brand new species of burrowing dinosaur that dates back an estimated 125 million years ago. The ...

Ok, with respect to Pompeii, I am a bit confused. I always read in school that Herculaneum got the worst of the pyroclastic flows and Pompeii was subject to more gradual burial under a rain of fine ...

An amazing Pompeii exhibition traveled to the Cincinnati Museum Center in 2012, and drew people from throughout the nation to see it. The exhibit is back with some exciting new additions. By the time ...

A fossil bed in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco is allowing new insights into the anatomies of arthropods that lived a half-billion years ago. By Jack Tamisiea Jack Tamisiea has previously ...

Immersive ‘Last Days of Pompeii’ exhibition brings ancient city to life in London ...

It has been nearly 2,000 years since the ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed, but a recent study sheds new light on how the city and its inhabitants may have met their demise. While conventional ...

While most of us are desperately reaching for the nearest fan or AC remote during heatwaves, there are animals out there that don’t just survive scorching temperatures — they actually thrive in them.

Archeologists have found new victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the ruins of Pompeii. The Archaeological Park of Pompeii found two skeletons, a man and a woman, in what was likely a ...

Digital reconstructions are bringing structures to life that may have collapsed during Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E.