Forget the dusty, rusty landscape you see today. Billions of years ago, Mars may have been soaking wet. Tropical storms might ...

Rano Raraku, a steep-sided crater on the southeastern coast of Rapa Nui (as locals call the island), was the heart of moai ...

In the north, distinctive lineages such as M27, M28, and M29′Q trace deep roots in New Guinea and Near Oceania, while in the ...

Archaeologists uncover 16 Indigenous canoes, one older than the Pyramids, revealing a vast prehistoric travel network.

On average, Africa’s tropical forests gained carbon until 2010, then lost it rapidly—especially between 2015 and 2017. Gains ...

This surprising discovery comes from a new study on Lasius neglectus ants. It shows for the first time that very young ants ...

While other species downsized and died out across millennia the anaconda remains an Amazon giant. The Green Anaconda is the ...

Vera Korasidis is a palaeontologist who uses fossils to document the world’s plants and animals through time, to work out ...

At 75, a legendary albatross returns to her island home — and to her mate.

A juvenile orange-fronted parakeet seized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement at the Otay Mesa ...

The Stanford researchers developed a surgical strike to replace the nuke. They used an antibody called anti-CD117 to target ...

A key figure in this controlled chaos was the Saturnalicius Princeps, or “Leader of Saturnalia.” This mock king was chosen by ...