NANJING -- An international paleontological team led by Chinese scientists has discovered two new species of parasitic fungus, preserved in approximately 100-million-year-old Kachin amber from Myanmar ...

On a small hill on the south side of a Chinese national highway, archaeologists working ahead of a development project discovered dozens of ancient tombs - with items still inside. Between April and ...

The proposed Department of Defense budget puts "America first" while addressing Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East ...

UNITED NATIONS -- An exhibition highlighting China's ancient Shu civilization opened on Monday at the UN headquarters in New ...

Pigs have long been known, sometimes celebrated, as among the most intelligent of farm animals. Now, a new Dartmouth-led ...

Qin Shi Huang famously sent alchemists east to Japan seeking immortality. Now, a newly discovered inscription suggests he ...

The ancestors of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin built earthen mounds to grow crops. The site could be the largest ...

From the spotted Egyptian Mau to the elegant Turkish Angora, these are the oldest breeds that still exist today ...

“Three hundred thousand years ago, there is fossil evidence of a population that in a remarkable number of ways resembles modern humans, and you can make of that what you like,” says Wood.

A Cambrian fossil once thought to be a mollusk ancestor is now identified as a chancelloriid relative, reshaping ideas about ...

This reflects the fact that China is called Zhongguo, “central state” or “middle kingdom.” The Dragon Throne is about 500 years old ... the Pavilion of Ten Thousand Springs, is dedicated ...

Religious temples across China shelter thousands of ancient trees, including species extinct in the wild.