Eukaryogenesis occurred suddenly, driven by the growing length of genes and the limitations on producing longer proteins. An ...

A research team has created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all bird species, integrating data from hundreds of studies ...

The National Museum of Natural History contains the petrified remains of ancient trees that were once the centerpiece of a ...

In the Dolomite mountains of Italy, something unusual happened in a spruce forest. It waited. Not passively, like a crowd ...

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Modern life moves fast, but nature invites us to slow down. Here are six surprising ways nature can soothe our weary nervous systems and bring us back to balance.

By combining data on all known bird species, this tree is the most impressive snapshot yet of one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring classes of animal.

Nobody had thought of a time machine until H.G. Wells wrote about it. Even the equal sign didn't exist until 1557. Our world's most basic ideas once struck someone like lightning.

Two men accused of felling the ancient Sycamore Gap tree by Hadrian’s Wall have been pictured for the first time. Adam Carruthers, 31, and Daniel Graham, 39, sat side by side in the dock at ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Columbia community reflected on those lost during the Holocaust at Tree of Life Congregation’s Holocaust Remembrance Day Sunday afternoon. Dozens of people shared ...

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