The spiny-tailed iguanas of Clarion Island predate human presence in the Americas by tens of thousands of years, researchers ...

An area called the central Southern Cone in South America, which consists of a large part of Argentina, is known to be one of the last global regions to become inhabited by humans.

The Trump administration is initiating formal meetings with Native American tribes in the southwestern U.S. as it considers ...

Man kneeling at a burial site with remains of dead soldiers in Napoleon’s army. A mass grave discovered in 2001 in Vilnius, Lithuania, has the remains of at least 3,200 soldiers from Napoleon's Grande ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (WWSB) - Nearly 20 years after Jennifer Kesse disappeared, her father says Florida investigators have made significant progress in the case. They’ve narrowed the list of persons of ...

Selection to a sports Hall of Fame is earned in part from excelling in a field during an illustrious career. Mica native Joe Kopp certainly fits that description as he is set to be enshrined into the ...

This story originally published in the September 1999 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. In the medical room far behind the chutes, cowboys were ...

Explore one of archaeology’s most enduring mysteries—who were the Elamites? Journey into the ancient DNA records and forgotten languages to uncover the secrets of this Bronze Age civilization that ...

New research has revealed that an extinct group of ancient humans called Denisovans passed down a crucial genetic inheritance that continues to benefit Indigenous American populations today. The study ...

A recent DNA analysis has confirmed what the Picuris Pueblo people of northern New Mexico have long claimed was passed down through their oral traditions—that they share a deep ancestral connection ...