UMaine ecologist Brian McGill has earned one of science’s highest honors for work that’s reshaping how the world understands biodiversity.

A jaw bone discovered in Egypt is changing the way scientists think about the origins of the ape family tree. The specimen, ...

The fossil find suggests that the closest ancestors to modern apes may have emerged in northern Africa rather than what was ...

In a study published in Science, an international research team from the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (Egypt) and the University of Southern California (U.S.) describe ...

I have read the story over and over dealing with the "protests." I have a few questions since I am not a protester. Who else ...

Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), sometimes known as fig buttercup, is a short, perennial plant that is spreading in the ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every corner of the world, and can thrive in deserts, tropical rainforests and even ...

Actor, producer, and philanthropist Hugh Jackman will address Ball State University’s Class of 2026 at the University’s ...

My takeaway from the opening of “New Humans: Memories of the Future” is that the project of “contemporary art” may be ending. Sorry, that’s a big statement ...

Research reveals that Serbian cave systems show evidence of human occupation during the second half of the last ice age. Humans may have been occupying these caves in the Balkans at a time when other ...

Accents are usually thought of as a human trait, indicating where a person has grown up or the communities they belong—and ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the annual Arbor Day Tree Expo at Cazenovia Park.