Study shows population on Arctic island was stable until sudden demise, countering theory of ‘genomic meltdown’

The fossil record of our ape ancestors in Africa is almost nonexistent for a period of about 8 or 9 million years. The fossil record of our ape...

WASHINGTON—Scientists studying a family plagued by early-in-life Alzheimer’s found some carry a genetic oddity that delays their initial symptoms...

Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire rages out of control in northern California, with the region gripped by an...

Scientists in South Africa have discovered termite mounds dating to 34,000 years ago, making them the oldest inhabited termite mounds to exist. The...

“Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews with and columns by North Korean defectors, most of whom left the DPRK within the...

Dr Anjani Ganase reflects on the effects of devastating hurricanes on human communities and wonders if we can adapt before catastrophes force...

The Prime Minister has opened up TT to child victims of Hurricane Beryl and is organising to send relief supplies to Grenada and St Vincent and the...

When Homo sapiens became the dominant creature, this outcome was anything but predictable. For hundreds of thousands of years, our direct ancestors...

Endlessly exploited and damaged, the Buccoo Reef ecosystem is a remarkable national resource that is demonstrating resilience even in the face of...