When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

Humankind's tangled shrub of ancestry now has a new branch: Researchers in the Philippines announced today that they have discovered a species of ancient human previously unknown to science.. The ...

The International Day of the Tropics, observed on June 29 annually, focuses on the significance of the tropics as hubs of the ...

Human-hippo conflicts are exploding in this pristine patch of Kenya. Floods and the economic fallout from COVID-19 are pitting hungry fishermen against hungry hippos—with deadly results.

The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

It’s part of the 10th- or 11th-century A.D. Codex Climaci Rescriptus, a collection of parchments from St. Catherine’s monastery in Egypt with monastic writings in Syriac, an ancient language ...

# The Bahamas Trade Commission is “ushering in a new economic era”, aided by a restructuring that has created 12 different committees, as it focuses on issues such as export policy and diversification ...

Explore countries starting with 'C', like Canada's vast wilderness, China's ancient wonders, and Costa Rica's biodiverse ...

Continuing the theme of last week's Perspective cover story, here are more summer reading suggestions for those interested in ...

With the fear that Iran might try to choke the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of global crude oil is traded, India is ...

Africa’s Great Migration sees millions of wildebeest and zebra thunder across the sun-bleached savannah, drawn by instinct to ...