The discovery of ancient baths, a pharaoh's private ramp, and a wall meant to hold back the Nile is causing experts to "completely reevaluate" Egypt's famous Temple at Karnak.

Scientists now know the commander's watch stopped suddenly, but they still don't know much at all about why the Confederate sub Hunley sank off South Carolina.

Villagers in a small, isolated town in Syria still use the same language Jesus spoke—Aramaic.

Dangerous dives into an underwater cave have revealed a variety of well-preserved fossils, including ancient tortoises and crocodiles, a new study says.

An ancient meteor impact in North America sent up waves of rock fragments that peppered—and likely killed—some prehistoric mammals, new evidence suggests.

National Geographic has not discovered ancient giant humans, despite rampant reports and pictures. But we have discovered how the hoax started—and perhaps why people believe.

See doctored images—and real photos used to create them—that sparked claims that National Geographic had found an ancient race of giants.

The "living museum" will be preserved for divers and snorkelers, researchers say, its cannons and anchors kept under about ten feet of crystalline water.

The prehistoric fungus was found alongside worms that were likely snared as its prey, scientists say.

From a mysterious meteor in Peru to a glowing deep-sea squid off Japan, find out which extraordinary finds from the past year struck a chord with our readers.

An eight-foot catfish, the new seven wonders, and "the inside-out-seahorse-in-a-ball-nerd of the deep" are among our most viewed marvels.

Soon after human ancestors began walking upright, female vertebrae started to evolve to help pregnant women keep their balance as their babies grow, a new study says.

One of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs ever unearthed has been identified from fossils discovered in North Africa, a new study says.

What's now a windswept mountain at the bottom of the world was once the stomping ground of an enormous plant-eating dinosaur, scientists say.

Found high on a mountain, fossils of the 200-pound creature are revealing insights into mammal evolution and the geography of ancient South America.