We cannot predict the finer details of a particular outbreak or a particular storm, but we can often identify when these ...

Medieval book covers previously thought to be made from deer or boar skin are actually made of sealskin from northern regions ...

A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

Malta's history has been pushed back by 1,000 years in a discovery that is rewriting the islands' pre-history, as scientists have found new evidence that shows that ...

Recent animal ... book called "Emerging Infections: Three Epidemiological Transitions from Prehistory to the Present" to ...