For Missouri residents, Marvel Cave represents a treasure in your own backyard worthy of repeated visits. For travelers, it offers an experience you simply cannot find in many other locations—a ...

New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...

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New research reveals that early humans changed Europe’s landscapes long before farming began, using fire and hunting to alter ecosystems.

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

For years, scientists thought Antarctica was the main source of meltwater that flooded the planet's oceans after the last ice age. But new research has flipped that story, and it has major ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity ...

Halloween comes every year with treats, spookiness and costumes. But why do we celebrate it on Oct. 31? And what does Samhain ...

In the last couple decades, fantasy has undergone a metamorphosis. No longer merely the province of quests and chosen ones, ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her death.

The stereotype of the Silicon Valley engineer making six figures out of college, working four days a week from a plush ...