Small settlements and the scourge of slavery left gaps in Africa’s archaeological record. Yet sites and artifacts are ...

A recent study in Nature Geoscience offers important new insights into the hidden role of ancient groundwater beneath the ...

A recent study in Nature Geoscience offers important new insights into the hidden role of ancient groundwater beneath the ocean floor – and how it may ...

A recent study in Nature Geoscience offers important new insights into the hidden role of ancient groundwater beneath the ...

As the climate warms and regional drying becomes more frequent, peatlands - some of the planet's most important carbon sinks ...

In Gabon's sprawling forest, archaeologists dig for ancient clues that could unlock the secrets of how prehistoric humans ...

As the climate warms and regional drying becomes more frequent, peatlands—some of the planet's most important carbon ...

As the climate warms and regional drying becomes more frequent, peatlands – some of the planet’s most important carbon sinks ...

Seismic pressure is building along the Tintina fault line, stretching from Canada's Yukon Territory to Alaska.

In geological terms, we are currently in the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago, after the Last Glacial Period, known colloquially as the last Ice Age. A new epoch, the Anthropocene, has been ...