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The island cave where the remains of <em>Homo floresiensis</em> were found.

Indonesia's Ancient 'Hobbits' May Have Evolved Really, Really Quickly

Another example of how, biologically, islands are deeply weird.

Isaac Schultz October 11, 2019

Beach's team sampling the wetlands the Maya once cultivated.

Belize's Maya Drained Their Swamps to Make Farmland

Their wide-reaching wetland agriculture helped support the civilization.

Isaac Schultz October 8, 2019

The jungle highlands of Sri Lanka, where humans settled at least 45,000 years ago.

Eurasia's Oldest Tiny Tools Were Essential for Living in the Rain Forest

And perfectly sized for small, Sri Lankan jungle prey.

Isaac Schultz October 4, 2019

The researchers studied aerial images of 86 southern right whales off the coast of Argentina.

Drone-Piloting Scientists 'Weighed' Whales From 130 Feet in the Air

In Argentina, aerial imagery helps researchers get a close look at southern right whales from a distance.

Jessica Leigh Hester October 2, 2019

Extremophile expert Amir Sapir checking out some nematodes at Mono Lake.

California’s Saltiest Lake Is Chock-Full of Bizarre Roundworms

Life finds a way.

Isaac Schultz September 27, 2019

Concrete clouds and sky mirrors.

Anderby Creek, England

The Cloud Bar

The world’s first dedicated cloud observation platform.

The Flesh-Eating Beetles of Chicago's Field Museum

Two ichthyosaur skull replicas on the fourth floor just outside the main museum.

Middletown, Connecticut

Joe Webb Peoples Museum

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

Göttingen, Germany

Planetenweg Göttingen

A 1:2 billion-scale solar system leads visitors into this German university town.

One of the jawbones came from the Corinium Museum in Cirencester, England.

Found: The Earliest Direct Evidence of Milk Consumption

Lactose intolerance was no match for a prehistoric desire for dairy.

Anne Ewbank September 10, 2019

The Le Rozel site in Normandy, which has yielded hundreds of Neanderthal footprints.

Found: A Windfall of Neanderthal Footprints in France

257 small steps for our human cousins, one giant leap for paleoanthropology.

Isaac Schultz September 9, 2019

The dorsal side of Harvard's 150-year-old western branded skipper.

Scientists Just Geolocated a Victorian-Era Butterfly Using Its Genome

Their work affirmed the insect's taxonomy too. Because you can’t spell “named” without D-N-A.

Isaac Schultz September 6, 2019

Göttingen, Germany

Physicalisches Cabinet

This small university museum houses a priceless collection of scientific instruments.

Zrinjevac Meteorological Column

Zagreb, Croatia

Zrinjevac Meteorological Column

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

New 1140-square meter facility.

Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

Dark Sky Project

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

Researchers in the Northeast are tracking ticks with a linen cloth and a lint roller.

Researchers Track the Tick Boom With Linen Squares and Lint Rollers

The blacklegged bloodsuckers go on three "quests" in their life, each time seeking a blood meal.

Isaac Schultz August 28, 2019

Whatever happened here didn't just happen once.

The Bones at India's Mysterious 'Skeleton Lake' Came From All Over

New research reveals that the hundreds of anonymous dead spanned both continents and centuries.

Matthew Taub August 21, 2019

Lake Ilopango, under appropriately cloudy skies.

When a Volcano in El Salvador Cooled Down the Entire World

It may have even helped bring on the bubonic plague.

Matthew Taub August 19, 2019