South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ...

Two genetic analyses suggest that our feline friends reached China around 1,400 years ago via the Silk Road, and that they ...

Africa’s landscapes are full of drama—towering cliffs, sculpted sandstone, balancing boulders and ancient rock walls etched ...

As 2026 approaches, the world beckons with 26 trending travel destinations offering diverse experiences. From Japan's blend ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the Green Sahara.

A newly identified crocodile relative from Egypt pushes back the origins of the marine-hunting dyrosaurids by millions of years. The fossil, Wadisuchus kassabi, shows a mix of primitive and advanced ...

A groundbreaking study has overturned long-held beliefs about the domestication of cats. New DNA evidence shows that domestic ...

As the devastating conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) continues to rage, Abdrabo, a curator from Sudan’s National Corporation for Antiquities and ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

"We show that the earliest domestic cat genomes in Europe are found from the Roman imperial period onwards," starting in the ...

If you’ve ever lived with a cat, you know they’re often an enigma. That said, scientists may have solved an enduring mystery ...