Nov. 19, 2024 — Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient ...

Using lift operators and climbers, Kittler and his team showed CBS News how his team hunts for pine cones. "The more that we lose forest, we're losing our clean air and clean water, our ability to ...

With an uncertain future amid rising temperatures and ongoing climate disasters, agencies, volunteers, and businesses are stepping in to protect their beloved forests — by collecting pine cones. And ...

“Just digging for rocks, and fun,” Liam said. “And fossils,” Wade added. “But then Wade found this,” Liam responded. “We thought it was a rock,” Wade said. “But then I pulled it ...

Researchers from McGill University discovered fossil specimens of Centrosaurus in Saskatchewan for the first time. Mick Favel has more. Get all the day's most vital news with our newsletter ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a new fossil worm lizard species in Tunisia. Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi is the largest known species of the Amphisbaenia group ...

The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

While bounding along a wooded trail in Groton one brisk morning last week, a group of energetic second-graders approached a sheer rock wall covered with moss and lichen that glowed in bright sunshine.

Epic Guide to Death Valley National Park in California and Nevada. Everything you need to plan an amazing National Park ...

The beginning and end of each chunk of time in the geologic time scale is determined by when some species appeared or disappeared from the fossil record. When many species went extinct around the same ...

Taking aim at wealthy countries that built their economies over centuries using fossil fuels, Adow added, "You can't have a negotiation if only one side is actually engaging in good faith and putting ...