The climate of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean was far more turbulent than previously thought—and a new study suggests that ...

For most of human evolution, the story of the brain seemed to move in one direction: up. Over millions of years, our ...

A comprehensive new study shows that Europe’s landscapes have been shaped by grasslands and open woodlands for more than 20 ...

Four huge glaciers could soon disappear entirely in the iconic state of California. They have existed for millennia and could ...

We face not just metabolic rifts, but metabolic chasms, writes Ian Angus in this excerpt from his new book, Metabolic Rifts: ...

Direct climate lawfare efforts could end soon. The U.S. Supreme Court and Congress are taking actions that end climate ...

A satellite survey in Sudan’s Atbai Desert has uncovered 280 large stone burial monuments. These findings unveil the social ...

Would you let a Neanderthal carry out dental surgery?

What they had, it turns out, is the oldest intact climate record ever recovered in Western Europe — a continuous chemical ...

Dozens of scientists have banded together to pen scathing research letters to the journal Science about the publication of a study claiming the 14,500-year-old Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile ...