Stories of towering beings once roaming North America have echoed for centuries. Some say the myths hide real prehistoric truths—others call them fantasy.

Largely outshone by fossils of horses, the earliest camels are getting another look from scientists determined to sort out ...

The United States was once home to some of the most incredible creatures ever to walk the Earth. From the bizarre beasts of ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

Until now, researchers had only uncovered a few tantalizing hints that humans had reached the American continent by this time ...

I first became interested in the Pueblo peoples of the U.S. Southwest in the late 1980s, during a visit to Santa Fe, New ...

From desert carvings to underwater ruins, these ancient structures are so advanced that experts still can’t agree on what ...

In archaeological discourse, the idea of consumption is closely allied with the cooking techniques and vessel functions, because the act of food ...

AMERICAN writer Kraus achieved cult status with her 1997 autofictional novel I Love Dick, later screened on TV with Kevin ...

Analysis of a massive wooden monument has uncovered new secrets of Cahokia, America’s greatest lost civilization.

You know how people say Nebraska is flat? Those people have clearly never been to Smith Falls State Park, where Mother Nature decided to throw a spectacular waterfall party in the middle of America’s ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: One remarkable component of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is its complete suite of wild North American ...