In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

Bees are frequently associated with large queen-serving colonies featuring hundreds if not thousands of insects. In actuality ...

Bones of now extinct species became a haven for bee babies thousands of years ago, scientists report in a first-of-its-kind ...

This ancient crocodile never finished its last meal. More than 2,000 years after it died, researchers can still make out a ...

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they first appeared, without the large brains that supported flight in birds. A ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté ...

The newly excavated 4,500-year-old valley temple from ancient Egypt holds a "public calendar" and a roof for astronomical ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for archaeologists, its ubiquitous presence in excavated pottery offers a window ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...

LOS ANGELES — This summer, thousands of yogis from around the world will gather for a week of divine inspiration and fellowship, an immersion in the Kriya Yoga teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, ...