New research on a 14,000-year-old soil layer in Alaska uncovered stone and mammoth ivory tools. The find offers the oldest examples of human-made tools ever discovered in North America. The discovery ...

Feb. 17 (UPI) --A resident of a Florida aquarium confirmed to be at least 71 years old has been certified as the oldest manatee ever by Guinness World Records. The record-keeping organization said ...

A 12‑year-old rescue dog named Baxter has captured hearts online after his story was shared on TikTok by animal charity Blue Cross, highlighting the challenges senior dogs can face when searching for ...

He continues to defy father time. In the Los Angeles Lakers’ 124-104 win over the Dallas Mavericks last night, guard LeBron James became the oldest player in NBA history to record a triple-double at ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics are right around the corner. And the Milano Cortina Games could be the biggest yet. According to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, “[n]early 3,000 athletes from more ...

MILAN—Rich Ruohonen is a 54-year-old personal-injury attorney who plays an indispensable role for the U.S. curling team. He cooks the players omelets before important matches and grills steaks after ...

While fresh-faced Olympic athletes who are right out of (or still in) high school are certainly something to marvel at, there's another group of Olympic athletes deserving of some recognition: the ...

It was older than the Roman Empire, the Egyptian pyramids and Christianity. Then someone cut it down. Now known as Prometheus, the bristlecone pine tree that found its home on Wheeler Peak in Nevada's ...

The recent discovery of rock art in a cave in Indonesia might signify more than just our ancestors’ artistic ability. The art, believed to be the oldest rock paintings ever discovered, dates back more ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430 ...

While excavating clay cylinders in Syria, archaeologists discovered a rare find: an early writing system. The script has given scholars the new challenge of reinvestigating the timeline of alphabetic ...

When we think of the world's oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often seen as evidence this was the birthplace of symbolic human culture. But new ...