( NewsNation) — A supernova could have triggered one of the Earth’s ice age s, something that could happen again in the ...

It's likely that there would not be many people left within 70 or 80 years, rather than 100, due to shortages of food, clean ...

New funding in Norman could help scientists understand how to preserve biodiversity in a world that has alarming similarities to one mass extinction in particular. David Wright, a paleontologist ...

Pollution Time Machine: It’s not just living animals that carry remnants of humanity’s toxic footprint. Samples of bird ...

Brazil’s capital, Brasília, where she was born, and the Taunay Ipegue Indigenous Territory, more specifically in the Bananal ...

Michael A. Little, an anthropology professor who has spent his career studying human behavior, biology and cultures, readily ...

A drug used for high blood pressure, known as rilmenidine, may also be effective in slowing the aging process, even in older ...

As our domesticated herds grow, wildlife is becoming rarer and rarer. Rethinking our responsibilities to animals will be hard ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of the ocean’s squishiest creatures—including one jelly that might be the oldest ...

Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have synchronized their own rhythms with those of the Earth's seasons.

During the years after the Civil War, America embraced an economic philosophy called laissez-faire, celebrating the notion ...