A group that set up illicit mines and refineries amongst important Stone Age ruins are facing criminal trial, according to Chinese officials.

From the bright lights of Tokyo to the slums of Mumbai, see how the rapid urbanization predicted by a new UN report is affecting world population.

The legendary absence of snakes on the Emerald Isle has less to do with St. Patrick, its patron saint, than an ice-age chill followed by rising seas.

Humans are about to become a majority urban species for the first time. Does this trend mean poverty or prosperity for the world's urban dwellers?

A study suggests 95 percent of Native Americans can trace some DNA back 20,000 years to just six women.

Four ancient mummies were confiscated Wednesday, and three smugglers were arrested after stealing the artifacts from an ancient Egyptian graveyard, a guard says.

Pterosaurs, like their dinosaur relatives, probably lived fast and died young, a new study says.

Wreckage of a British navy ship lost in 1940 was found this month in a Norwegian fjord.

A large hole in the skull of an 1,800-year-old skeleton found in Greece is believed to be rare evidence of ancient—and failed—brain surgery.

Greek workers found nearly a thousand ancient graves while excavating for a subway system in the historic city of Thessaloníki.

Watch as a scientist uncovers tiny human bones in a tropical island cave, in what could be a major discovery.

Thousands of human bones have been discovered on the Pacific island, some of which are ancient and indicate inhabitants of particularly small stature, scientists have announced.

Tsunamis like the one that devastated ancient Alexandria in A.D. 365 may hit the Mediterranean relatively often, a new study says.

The "Survivor's Staircase" helped many escape the twin towers on 9/11. Now the only aboveground remnant of the World Trade Center Complex has been moved.

A sixth-century copper factory, medieval kitchens stocked with saucepans, and Renaissance palace remains were found by archaeologists during preliminary digs ahead of new subway construction.