OUR prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

The African wildcat is considered the closest wild ancestor of modern house cats, but its path to domestication was unlike ...

Finds at Alaska’s Holzman site show how Ice Age hunters, mammoths, and tools shaped the earliest journey into North America.

According to World Atlas, Göbekli Tepe sits on a low limestone ridge in southeastern Turkey, not far from the Syrian border, ...

Some think the rise of C-sections means that one day all births will require serious medical intervention. But a surprising new understanding of the pelvis suggests a different story ...

These scenes and more reveal the splendor, curiosities and trials of the natural world that play out each day, often far from ...

It’s no secret that feral hogs are not good news for the ecosystems of America. But now they present an additional threat. Two new and devastating diseases can potentially be spread by these hogs, and ...

Over time, Crocodylus porosus achieved one of the widest ranges among reptiles. Before extinction in Seychelles, the species ...

For Virginia residents, the outlet mall represents not just a shopping destination but a genuine entertainment option – a ...

The spotlight returned to Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil said ...

"Bristol Bob," who stars each Groundhog Day as the nature center's taxidermy forecaster, predicted an early spring in Kenosha ...