On remote islands of Papua New Guinea, people carry a story that ties us all back to our deepest roots. Although their striking appearance once puzzled scientists, new genetic evidence shows they ...

The Origins Of Homo Sapiens With Professor Chris Stringer' From where did humans originate? What did the earliest humans look ...

Populations live in rapidly changing environments—droughts come and go, food sources change, human activities reshape habitats. For scientists, this raises a fundamental puzzle: How do populations ...

The natural world weaves an unceasing energy network with a silent rationality, within the coordinate system of spacetime.

When the next pandemic threat looms, help may come from an unexpected source: wild animals. In a new study led by Prof. Ran ...

When you picture a shark, you probably think of a large, powerful predator cruising the open ocean. Species such as the great ...

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...

For pregnant women, ultrasounds are an informative (and sometimes necessary) procedure. They typically produce ...

"Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" orders staff working at all National Park Service locations to remove any ...

F lying foxes are some of the largest bats in the world. With a body the size of a cat and a wingspan that would make an ...

The world’s largest space telescope, comprising thousands of antennae in the southern hemisphere, will generate massive amounts of data — some of which will be processed in Canada.

President Donald Trump’s executive order demanding the removal of content that "disparages Americans" has thrown the National Park Service into confusion, creating a moral and logistical crisis for ...