In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

An archaeologist is piecing together what the V-shaped stone structures—some stretching 500 feet long—were used for.

Thanks to a major breakthrough, we may soon learn everything about one of the most debated prehistoric human ancestors, the ...

Archaeologist Adrián Oyaneder discovered dozens of structures called chacu while reviewing satellite images of the Camarones ...

Despite its reputation, science isn't immune from making mistakes or chasing sensationalism, but one hoax in particular was ...

At Rome’s Casal Lumbroso site, humans 400,000 years ago turned a dead elephant into food and tools—proof of astonishing ...

The Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive offers an 11-mile journey through one of Florida’s most spectacular wetland restorations, where the admission price is free and the memories are priceless.

Yes, you and the kids can go dig for dinosaurs…and you can do it alongside the paleontologist who discovered Big John, the world’s largest triceratops, the dinosaur on display at Glazer Children’s ...

Tucked between the majestic Sierra Nevada and the rugged El Paso Mountains in California’s Mojave Desert, Ridgecrest offers a day trip experience that won’t have your credit card waving a white flag ...

Some sixty years after her grandmother discovered “Nutcracker Man,” Louise Leakey unearths his long-lost hand—reviving a ...

Throughout our history, the magazine’s storytelling has relied on photographers—and on artists such as Fernando Gomez Baptista.

Scientists have discovered evidence of stone megastructures on the Karst Plateau on the border of Slovenia and Italy that were most likely built before the Late Bronze Age. These enormous structures ...