Rio Baran's senior thesis research sought to explore what few scientists have attempted. “Rio is an exceptional undergraduate student,” said her adviser, geosciences professor John Higgins.

Great apes began to diverge from other primates about 25 million years ago, according to eastern African fossil records.

Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual extinction.

The history of the animals that inhabit the Earth has had many ups and downs, which have led many species to extinction, ...