The National State of the Environment Report 2018/2019 by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) reveals a dire ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

Consider it nature’s fitness challenge, but with scenery infinitely more rewarding than your neighborhood gym’s motivational posters. The transformation begins immediately upon starting your descent.

Rather than being a missing John or Jane Doe, the skull is from someone who died around 2300 BCE, or about 4,270 years ago, ...

Researchers have uncovered remains of several mammals, birds, and many more creatures from the Can Mata landfill in Spain.

A strange Cambrian fossil named Salterella may hold the key to understanding how early animals first built skeletons. As the season of skeletons approaches, it’s worth remembering that the real “age ...

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to scientists. Their study, based on a review of decades of research on ...

For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its ...

A major fossil discovery about our ancient ancestor has occurred in Kenya. Researchers have found hand and foot bones ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens ...

In his new book “Cargo,” Berkeley photographer Richard Misrach explores the intersection between the natural world and human ...