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By Mar 4, 2021
Environment

How the pandemic has helped and hurt animals around the world

The effects were both good and bad, but the main takeaway is how vulnerable tourism-dependent animals can be.
By Jun 18, 2020
Environment

Half of the Earth is still free from human impact, but it’s not all good news

Many ecosystems are still at the brink.
By May 13, 2020
Science

Anthropologists have identified the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Europe

Tools and pendants found with the 45,000-year-old remains might have inspired later Neanderthals.
By Aug 30, 2019
Environment

Humans started transforming Earth a lot earlier than we thought

Hundreds of archaeologists pooled their data to get the big picture.
By Jul 22, 2019
Animals

You’re probably petting your cat wrong

Science reveals the purr-fect way.
By Apr 17, 2019
Environment

Humanity hit fast forward on geological time, and there’s no rewind

Loggers changed the way a river carved into the earth’s crust.
By Mar 22, 2019
Animals

Sun bears mimic faces just like us, and it’s raising some eyebrows

In a good way!
By Jun 27, 2018
Science

We’re really bad at making babies

Anatomical compromises from millions of years ago have made birth hard for humans.
By Mar 16, 2018
Science

A primer on the primal origins of humans on Earth

Our history is complicated. Our pre-history, even more so.
By Feb 1, 2018
Science

A primer to the primal origins of humans on Earth

Our history is complicated. Our pre-history, even more so.