An exploration of ancient rivers, buried ecosystems, and groundbreaking research revealing what scientists have uncovered ...

Scientists discovered a previously hidden ecosystem - lagoons in Argentina's Puna de Atacama harbors microbial communities, ...

The settlement of coastlines and the use of marine food resources, often collectively referred to as coastal adaptations, feature prominently in global ...

Between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, many of the world's largest mammals disappeared. Picture creatures like saber-toothed ...

According to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ), disappearing ...

Archaeologists have identified the earliest sustained human occupation in Highland Southern Africa, and suggest it could not ...

A newly discovered prehistoric mammal may hold clues to how life survived the dinosaur-killing extinction. The tiny species, ...

Coincident with the rise of the dinosaurs, a large landmass filled most of the Arctic circle, potentially contributing to ...

A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began — and it changed life on Earth forever.

A fossil spider with every hair still visible. A fish eye frozen mid-gaze, its pigment cells intact. Insect internal organs ...

At the bottom of a vast limestone chasm in southern China, a self-contained forest has taken root in near-permanent shadow, ...

Traditional loko iʻa aquaculture ponds fed Hawaiians for thousands of years, but through the 19th and 20th centuries, most were abandoned. Today, they are not only staging a comeback, but providing a ...