Articles by Isaac Schultz

A lidar project wants to document the entire planet, before everything changes.

The genetics of a Stone Age family with a metal name.

Without jumping in the frigid North Atlantic.

Welcome to Haberman, Queens, population: zero.

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

Their wide-reaching wetland agriculture helped support the civilization.

And perfectly sized for small, Sri Lankan jungle prey.

They buried people, boats, and even a house.

Life finds a way.

And they aren’t playing around.

Until it all came crashing down.

They're older than Christ and as high as the heavens.

From Kushites to Christians, an old site in Sudan has new stories to tell.

Something like a koala, except the size of a rhino.

Mysteries and theories still surround the outlaw's death and burial in Indiana, 85 years later.

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

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

Norfolk's ghost ponds project wants to help biodiversity, one small wetland at a time.

Maybe, if the goal is to protect elephants from the ivory trade.

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

Lions, cave bears, and leopards, oh my!

To chill like a marauding Norseman, drop your sword and take up these ancient winter sports.

This summer, chill like an ancient hominin and make some art.

Like humans, the notoriously nervous cats can use a surrogate best friend.