Now, the caves deemed by scientists to hold the key to understanding where humans came from, are open again to anyone visiting South Africa.The Sterkfontein Caves yielded numerous fossil discoveries ...

An international research team studying fossilized oyster shells has revealed substantial annual temperature variation in sea ...

Oysters are a popular delicacy on the dining table, but they also serve as natural recorders of environmental changes.

Judges check oysters after being shucked during John Bil Oyster Shucking Competition at the 2022 Restaurants Canada Show in ...

In terms of human lifespans, this is like having your prognosis of 50 years being cut down to less than a trillionth of a ...

Now that Wits University has taken over management of the Wits Sterkfontein Caves, they have been reopened to the public.

A recent groundbreaking study has radically altered our understanding of human evolution. Homo sapiens, traditionally thought ...

A newly discovered fossil shark, Pararhincodon torquis, reveals ancient insights into shark evolution, shedding light on its ...

Fired by a political animus and what constitutes good science, the “Naledi Wars” show no immediate sign of abating.

The biodiversity of Earth's oceans is disproportionately concentrated in coral reefs—the vibrant undersea ecosystems where ...

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

Cicada season is dawning across the eastern US, this time with Brood XIV resurfacing for the first time since 2008. But as ...