Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed that vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the Inca Empire, highlighting a sophisticated ...

"Defying Empire" at the Haggerty Museum shows how American colonials battled with the British through images and words in artwork.

An 11,000-year-old Indigenous settlement found in Saskatchewan reshapes the understanding of North American civilizations. Evidence of a long-term settlement, rather than a temporary hunting camp, ...

From giant apes to towering legends, North America’s past may be stranger than we think. Could ancient giants have inspired the myths we still whisper today?

Once home to thriving Native American tribes, Congress established a national historic site where the Knife and Missouri ...

Explore Effigy Mounds in Iowa, where ancient Indigenous earthworks, forested trails, and Mississippi River views reveal America’s earliest stories.

The Tomb, a windowless brownstone building at Yale University's "academic tomb", is a building where America's future leaders are shaped. For nearly 200 years, Skull and Bones has inducted an elite ...

New research suggests seabird guano helped transform the Chincha Kingdom into one of the most prosperous societies in ancient Peru. Chemical clues in centuries-old maize show farmers fertilized their ...

The Middle East that we knew and failed to understand is now part of West Asia. That expanded theater is where the outcomes of the Iran war will matter.

As colonists rebelled against England and declared independence 250 years ago, what's now Arizona was home to Indigenous tribes.

Mathematicians just made a big leap forward on one of the field’s all-time favorite problems. Curves—squiggly lines through space, such as a comet’s trajectory or a stock market trend—are some of math ...