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The Robberg is one of southern Africa's most distinctive and widespread stone tool technologies. Robberg tools—which we found ...
For centuries, the small Greek island of Kasos served as a hub for international trade, welcoming ships from around the world ...
An African flamingo that escaped a Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas twenty years ago is still keeping wildlife aficionados on their toes, after being spotted in Texas several times over the past 10 years ...
This year’s winning images include a curious leopard seal, a swarm of jellyfish, and a very grumpy looking Japanese warbonnet ...
For generations, Mary Mack’s family has offered free burial plots to the bereaved families on St. Helena Island. It’s an ...
A concert from the Galveston Symphony Orchestra marked 160 years since enslaved people in Texas were officially freed – a day ...
This skull of a 1.8-million-year-old Paranthropus robustus individual was unearthed in South Africa, but it was not one of the fossils included in the study. José Braga and Didier Descouens via ...
From the beautiful to the bizarre, this annual photographic showcase shines a light on some of our planet’s most breathtaking ...
All of our members are wealthy," one founder says of the club, which offers Instagram-ready curated trips to commoners who ...
Taken by Portuguese slave traders, kidnapped by English pirates, and taken far from home, African arrivals to Virginia in 1619 marked the origins of U.S. slavery.
To the north, with its little Lutyens castle on another whinstone outcrop, is the tidal isle of Holy Island (Lindisfarne), ...
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, commonly referred to as the "AMOC," is a system of ocean currents confined to the Atlantic basin that plays a crucial role in regulating Earth's ...