A monumental discovery in Luxor has reignited global fascination with ancient Egypt. Archaeologists have unearthed an ...

This is the shocking moment an ostrich ate a girl's teddy bear charm as she posed for video. The youngster was attempting to strike a pose when a group of flightless birds behind her tried to snatch ...

Samples of the Black Death, which wiped out as many as 50 million people in medieval Europe, have been found in an ancient Egyptian mummy. The pandemic, also known as bubonic plague, spread ...

Ultimately, Agenor’s family was believed to be Greek in origin. Agenor himself was a descendant of Io, a princess from Argos who had escaped to Egypt. Some of Io’s descendants stayed in Egypt for ...

If you’re lucky you might hear the male birds’ mating calls and be able to catch them dancing with their feathers open as a signal to females that they are ready to mate. Given that the ostrich is the ...

China claims to have achieved a ‘world record’ in shipbuilding by developing a massive cargo ship similar to its Fujian aircraft carrier. Named Fan Zhou 8, the cargo ship has an unprecedented ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories.

Egyptian authorities have arrested two men for attempting to steal hundreds of ancient artifacts from the bottom of the sea, the country’s interior ministry said in a Monday statement.

Thanks to recent analysis, however, researchers believe they have confirmed the first known plague case outside Eurasia: a 3,290-year-old, ancient Egyptian mummy. Y. pestis, also known as the ...

She has covered everything from ancient Egyptian temples to exciting medical breakthroughs, but she particularly enjoys writing about wildlife, anthropology and the wonders of the human mind.

Beyond flagging the villainous return of Feathers McGraw (a silently intimidating penguin in a low-rent chicken disguise), the film largely plays as an upscaled remix of 1993 fan-favourite The ...

But that’s starting to change. The Egyptian god Anubis is often shown with the head of a dog in tomb frescos, like this one with Rameses I. These depictions resemble modern Baladi dogs.