Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

President Donald Trump signed four executive orders Tuesday to try to bolster the country’s declining coal industry, ...

A new analysis of a fossil found in 1889 has unveiled the presence of zeolites—and an entirely new mineralization method.

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a ...

In short, yes. But we have to actively work to avoid repeating the abuses of mining for coal and other fossil fuels.

The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

They said that when wood is found in kimberlite ... there are two ways the mine may have figured out how old its kimberlite pipes are: one method is to look at fossil pollen in the area, which ...

With distinctive two-fingered claws, the remains of a previously unknown species of dinosaur suggest it looked like a bizarre mix of sloth, giraffe and cult movie hero Edward Scissorhands ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. While “there’s a lot of room ...

A new species of fossil is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved. Research 'ultramarathon' saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 years.