For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ancient protein analysis, researchers have cracked open new secrets hidden ...

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 ...

When Ohio’s Overfield Tavern Museum went up in flames in December 2024, it created a rare opportunity for archeologists to ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

Swept twice daily by the world's highest tides, the Bay of Fundy is home to a host of only-here experiences for adventurous ...

At the edge of East Antarctica, where the wind howls through a white emptiness and the air bites harder than steel, ...

In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no ...

The nominators didn’t all agree, and, of course, had their own perspectives and agendas, but through those conversations, we ...

If the route between the two major North American ice sheets didn’t fully open until about 13,000 years ago, how did early Homo sapiens travel from Alaska down into the Americas and even to ...

It is one of many tales prevalent in American culture that go beyond the boundaries of the people who call the Appalachian ...

In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened ...

Members of a research crew on Seal Island rejoiced in the puffins’ comeback, but worried about the impacts of climate change ...