Early humans living in South Africa during the Middle Stone Age may have made advances in culture and technology during periods of wetter weather, according to a new study by scientists from Cardiff University's School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, the ...

The Allosaurus, cousin to the more well know-and larger-T-Rex, is the kind of dinosaur you might have wanted to have at your table.

Jason Leon, the one who caught and killed the snake, with the python. Veronica Larios is at left. ( Blake Jordan, Courtesy /May 20, 2013).

The real land of fire and ice is Alaska. The state's Pavlof Volcano has been spewing ash and lava since last week. Now, the volcano has forced regional flight cancellations and has even dusted nearby communities with ash.

New York city could experience up to 22% more deaths from extreme summertime heat in the coming decade under global warming, according to a study of the impact of climate trends.

Solenopsis Invicta or the red colored fire ant, could now become a dignified engineer for the Georgia Institute of Technology as far as research for waterproof materials and robotics is concerned.

A rare and spectacular cosmic display of the three brightest planets aligned together will be visible from the Earth starting May 24 to 30, 2013.

U.S. Soldiers and Airmen with the Oklahoma Army National Guard and the Oklahoma Air National Guard along with firefighters participate in recovery efforts after a tornado moved through on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma.

What world traveler hasn't declined at least one local "delicacy"? A decade ago in Oaxaca, Mexico, I turned up my nose at chapulines, a steaming plate of toasted grasshoppers.

They discovered a rare 19th-century device that is one of only two in existence. navy dolphin. A trainer touches the nose of a U.S.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor the United States can award, created to recognize “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or ...

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Although lakes and rivers across the state will be a bit colder this Memorial day, Minnesotans will still be launching their boats and watercraft by the thousands.

ABOVE VIDEO: Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding Earth-size planets in or near the habitable zone, which is the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water.

Scientists have used plant samples collected in the mid-19th Century to identify the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine.

MOSCOW (AP) - A Soyuz space capsule with a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station landed safely Tuesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan.