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illustration of ammonite swimming in the ocean

Human-size ammonites swam the Atlantic Ocean 80 million years ago

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scientists uncovered more than 100 new fossils to learn more about the world's largest ammonites.

Fossils
The complex submerged root system of a mangrove forest.

Mysterious Mexican mangrove forest is 'trapped in time' hundreds of miles from the coast

By Harry Baker published

A new study has revealed that a landlocked mangrove forest in the Yucatán Peninsula migrated there from the coast when sea levels were much higher, around 125,000 years ago.

Planet Earth
The Grand Plaza with the North Acropolis and Temple I at Tikal in Guatemala.

Why did the Maya civilization collapse?

By Owen Jarus published

Here's why some Maya city states fell about 1,000 years ago.

Archaeology
A bouquet of flowers found in a tunnel under a Teotihuacan pyramid survived a bonfire about 2,000 years ago.

2,000-year-old flower offerings found under Teotihuacan pyramid in Mexico

By Owen Jarus published

Ancient bouquets found under Teotihuacan pyramid in Mexico may have been offerings to a fertility god.

Archaeology
A 3D digital image of Labna, an ancient Maya structure in the Puuc region.

Details of stunning Maya acropolises and sophisticated civilization revealed by laser scans

By Laura Geggel published

The Maya managed their resources well for centuries before abandoning their cities.

Archaeology
One of the two vessels discovered in the ambassador's burial shows seated figures wearing headdresses performing a fire ritual.

Ancient Maya power broker died in obscurity, hieroglyphics show

By Laura Geggel published

Hieroglyphics in a stairway near a burial tell the tale of an elite Maya ambassador's life.

Archaeology
An illustration of the newly described eagle shark, which lived in an ancient seaway 93 million years ago.

'Winged' eagle shark soared through oceans 93 million years ago

By Laura Geggel published

A bizarre shark with wing-like side fins soared through an ancient sea 93 million years ago in what is now Mexico.

Sharks
A juvenile shortfin mako shark with a stab wound in his head washed ashore in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Shark gets stabbed in the head, washes ashore in Los Cabos

By Laura Geggel published

Dead sharks usually sink, so it's surprising to find one washed up onshore.

Sharks
People in Zultépec tried to hide the remains of murdered Spaniards in the town cisterns.

16th-century ritual sacrifice, cannibalism and bloody slaughter revealed in Mexican city

By Mindy Weisberger published

Conquistadors murdered hundreds of Acolhua people, a sister culture of the Aztecs, after members of a Spanish caravan in Mexico were captured, sacrificed and eaten.

Archaeology
Farmers found the 500-year-old statue of mysterious woman (left), who has a headdress that looks like the head ornamentation of "Star Wars" former Jedi apprentice Ahsoka Tano (right), whose Hasbro action figure is shown here.

Statue of mysterious woman with 'Star Wars'-like headdress found in Mexico

By Laura Geggel published

A 500-year-old limestone statue of an elite woman was found in central Mexico.

Archaeology
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