A thick layer of more than 12 miles of rock may explain why Bermuda seems to float above the surrounding ocean.

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

The mystery of the weird desert statue may have been solved in advance of The Game Awards on Thursday, as some newly ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

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Finding other people on the Arizona Trail is energizing, but people are also changing the trail along its final miles.

When weird fungal epidemics crop up in far-flung places, scientists work together to unravel how the microscopic murderers ...

An isolated burial in Sudan has revealed the first evidence of an unknown funeral ritual that took place nearly 4,000 years ago in a little-known African kingdom, a new study finds. In the grave, ...

Happy Thanksgiving week to all those who celebrate! I am thankful for you, dear readers, and for your continued support of the desert's arts and culture scene that I'm lucky enough to cover. The event ...