Life on the windswept plains of what is now central Ukraine offered little mercy around 18,000 years ago. Trees were scarce.

Some dinosaurs were so big the ground would have shaken while they walked. But how did they carry such massive loads? Dinosaurs likely had a different bone structure to mammals and birds that was ...

Dairy isn't the only food that's good for bone health. Prunes may also protect bone structure and strength in postmenopausal women, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. The findings ...

The azhdarchid group of pterosaurs were some of the largest animals ever to fly. The giant reptiles lived between 66 million and 225 million years ago, and their unusual proportions—big heads at the ...

Six years ago, archeologists discovered a testament to human survival buried beneath birch, pear, and cherry trees. Under layers of dirt, pinpricked with animal burrows and shrubs, was a circle of ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal, researchers conducted in situ analyses of tissue samples from individuals who smoked, were former smokers, or never smoked to understand ...

A galactic skeleton of dark interstellar gas tendrils might help map the scaffolding of our galaxy, a new study suggests. Six of these “bones,” each 40 to 150 light-years long and less than a ...