This peaceful German valley is where the first Neanderthal was discovered and identified as a separate species.

In 2011, Chilean scientists exploring Antarctica found a strange, deflated, football-shaped object on Seymour Island and took ...

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a 5,500-year-old wildcat, placing the species on Irish soil almost 4,000 years ...

Peru's Ministry of Culture has confirmed a groundbreaking discovery that rewrites the history of ancient astronomy in the Americas. Archaeologists working at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex ...

There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion. For one local Italian family, it was a day just like any other. Food was being prepared in ...

The passage of time and improvements in technology mean that things that were thought to be immutable become a reality and, ...

ROME (AP) — Italian authorities on Tuesday announced the extraordinary discovery of 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring and said the find will "rewrite history" about the ...

Jimmy is a writer and editor who publishes a weekly newsletter. You can find him on Twitter. For 27 years, the space shuttle Discovery served NASA dependably. The shuttle landed safely at Dulles ...

Discovery Networks UK has confirmed plans to launch the Discovery History channel next month on Sky and Virgin Media. The channel, described as the "UK's only channel dedicated to factual history", ...

Chicago has long been an epicenter of exploration and advancement, from the ancient development of the Chicago Portage to the 19th-century invention of the dishwasher to the towering skyscrapers that ...

Discovery and BBC Studios unveiled a series of long-term agreements, including a content partnership and a 10-year licensing deal covering BBC natural history and other factual programming, which will ...