An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

We are sending detailed questionnaires to every Democratic campaign asking for their stances on various issues, and supplementing their answers with past positions and public statements.

Americans are smart enough to draw their own conclusions, as long as they have all the facts.

bubbly nature and 'megawatt smile', drawing in loyal audiences to the advertorial shows and popular workout series she hosted ...

While the name of John Bumpass Calhoun might not be familiar to everyone these days, he and his life’s work — studying rats ...

As the world gathers this week for U.N. biodiversity negotiations, the U.S. hasn’t ratified a decades-old treaty to protect nature. The prime minister announced more ambitious climate targets ...

“With something that is this old, over 100 years old, how many people touched it? How many people worked with it, how many ...

Lake tacked to the middle on the issue, infuriating some of her allies on the right by opposing a federal abortion ban.

A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in ...

"Because there are a lot of opportunities out there, people know if they're not really enjoying it, rather than sticking with it like we did in the old days, they can leave the next day and get ...