Chinese scientists have identified eight potential karst caves on Mars, formed by water, marking a significant breakthrough in astrobiology.

In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...

An ancient Martian system of canyons and valleys could be home to archaic life forms, a ground-breaking scientific paper has ...

Mars has never looked more like a planet built for hiding secrets. A cluster of eight vast, water-carved caves appears almost engineered to shield fragile chemistry, or even biology, from the brutal ...

High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet ...

From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, generations of Communist Party bosses and military leaders invested in a strategic but ...

Paleontologists have discovered the first known fossilized bee nests built inside ancient bones, uncovered in a cave that ...

Largest deposit of pure black jade, called nephrite, is discovered in China, and it could revolutionize the world of jewelry.

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.