Learn about the turbulent history of Abell 2029, a galaxy cluster that experienced a collision with a smaller galaxy cluster about four billion years ago.
Learn more about some of Peru's sacred earthen pyramids that are being eroded by intense El Niño rains.
Learn how human parvovirus B19 spreads, why cases are rising again across the U.S., and how this “human parvo” virus is different from the disease that affects dogs.
Learn how climate change and human activity are fueling dangerous wildfires in many of Africa’s highest mountain ecosystems.
Learn how proteins from six Homo erectus teeth, collected using a less invasive method, are helping fill key gaps in our understanding of this ancient human ancestor.
Learn how ancient communities in Stone Age Denmark kept fishing the same fjord waters from roughly 4,500 B.C.E. to 800 B.C.E., even after farming and livestock spread through the region.
Learn how researchers recreated a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal dental procedure and uncovered evidence that ancient humans may have understood how cavities caused pain and how to treat them.
Discover how a personalized DNA vaccine trained patients’ immune systems to target their own tumors, with one participant remaining cancer-free nearly five years later.
Learn how a 2,200-year-old Chinese feather decoration was linked to five bird species and possibly made with glue from an extinct water buffalo.
Learn about the birth of two bald eagles and what it can tell us about the success of conservation efforts.
Learn how gases rising through Zambia’s hot springs may reveal some of the earliest signs of a continent beginning to split apart underground.
Learn more about the Cowlitz Indian Tribe's beaver relocation program, part of its ongoing Wildlife Program, that helps relocate beavers in Washington State.
Learn about the “chonky” sea lion entertaining visitors in San Francisco until his sudden departure this month.
Learn more about Kindia, Toronto Zoo’s pregnant pygmy hippo who is due in July and whose calf is the product of international efforts to save the endangered species.
Learn about the elusive ghost elephants living in the Angolan Highlands, and find out why researchers are so intrigued by their genomes.
Learn how researchers in Northern Ireland are using GPS tracking to uncover the obstacles hedgehogs face in modern neighborhoods and cities.
Learn more about the cotton-top tamarin monkey and how the birth of twins at a Minnesota zoo is helping a crtically endangered species.
Learn how archaeologists discovered that Ice Age rhino teeth may have been used by Neanderthals to shape, sharpen, and repair stone tools.
Learn how descendant DNA and archaeology helped a research team identify four more sailors from the Franklin expedition and solve a century-old mystery involving a crew member of the HMS Terror.
Learn about an innovative new approach using environmental DNA to explore deep-sea locations.