This picturesque fishing village has been described as the UK's answer to Salem, with a scenic harbour and yet the world's ...

An ancient woodland has been temporarily closed after repeat instances of dogs being off leads and owners abusing staff and volunteers, a wildlife trust has said. The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, ...

Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.Why are so many statues naked? - Artie, age 12, ...

The Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians have named Michael James Murphy as Irish Man of the Year and Colleen Collins Boyle as Irish Woman of the Year. This year’s ...

Sonselasuchus cedrus, discovered in fossils from Arizona, was a crocodile relative from the Triassic period that grew into an ostrich-like adult ...

If you thought that crocodiles were menacing enough, be glad that you didn’t live in Arizona some 225–201 million years ...

A new study reveals how forest management informed by Indigenous practices creates unexpected benefits for drought-prone regions.

When you embrace, they wedge in,” the voice says. “You laugh and push them away. They are following an instinct older than us ...

An actual historical figure who appears in "Gladiator" is Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, whose real-life reign had some major differences from the movie.

Ancient Greece is known for many things, but how many of us know that there were a select few women who became exceptional ...

For centuries, the Ark of the Covenant, the sacred gold-plated chest said to contain the Ten Commandments, has been one of the greatest mysteries in religious history. The object, which once ...