In the evolutionary tree of life, the lizard-like tuatara from New Zealand is on a branch all to itself. In the time of the dinosaurs, this...
A new method for analyzing modern and archaic human DNA has thrown up some fascinating results. It appears that modern humans ( Homo Sapiens ) mated...
This worker “hell ant” was captured in amber 99 million years ago. It’s holding a Caputoraptor elegans nymph. NJIT, Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of...
The Southern Alps in New Zealand are the latest icy region to be devastated by global warming. A study finds the mountains have lost up to...
Thirty thousand years ago, a dead star on the other side of the Milky Way belched out a powerful mixture of radio and X-ray energy. On...