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Los Machos rock shelter and schematic rock art panel

Fingerprint Analysis Reveals New Insights on Prehistoric Rock Art's Creators

Study suggests an adult man and a juvenile girl crafted the red ocher paintings seen at Spain's Los Machos rock shelter

A new study suggests the Nebra Sky Disc is 1,000 years younger than previously assumed.

Is This Ancient Map of the Cosmos Younger Than Previously Thought?

A controversial new analysis of the Nebra Sky Disc suggests the artifact dates to the Iron Age, not the Bronze Age

Drone images show the location of a council circle found on an ancestral Wichita site in Kansas.

Drone Imaging Reveals Pre-Hispanic 'Great Settlement' Beneath Kansas Ranch

The 164-foot-wide earthwork is the sixth ancestral Wichita "council circle" discovered in the region

Researchers identified a "trench" previously dated to modern times as a 3,700-year-old fissure.

Did an Earthquake Topple This Ancient Canaanite Palace?

Excavations at Tel Kabri in Israel revealed physical evidence of a natural disaster

A research team surveyed the seafloor near Thwaites Glacier on the RV Nathaniel B Palmer in early 2019.

Mapping Technology Reveals Channels of Warm Water Under Florida-Sized Glacier

The new research will inform computer models of how quickly the glacier is melting

Bronze-tailed Comet (Polyonymus caroli) perched on a cactus in Peru.

Hummingbirds in the Andes Go to Chilly Extremes for a Good Night’s Sleep

The longer a bird spent in a state of torpor, the less body mass it lost overnight

Parasitic dodders use outgrowths called haustoria to leech water and nutrients from their host plants.

Parasitic Plant Waits for Host’s Signal Before Flowering

Dodders grow into tangled masses of leafless tendrils also called wizard’s net and strangleweed

Green lasers pointed at a plastic mannequin head wearing a face shield show how the droplets from a cough or sneeze escape around the sides.

Face Shields and Valved Masks Don't Fully Stop the Spread of Aerosols

A new visualization shows how droplets from a cough or sneeze escape around the sides of a plastic face shield

Polish explorers check a footage from a remote-operated vehicle deep in the Czech Republic's deepest cave.

World’s Deepest Freshwater Cave Is Twice as Deep as Previously Thought

New research shows the Hranice Abyss in the Czech Republic is 3,280 feet deep

A scale model of Stonehenge used to test the ancient monument's acoustics

Scientists Map Stonehenge's Soundscape

Study of small-scale model sheds light on how conversation, music moved through the massive monument

A miniature version of the Hampton Court hedge maze is one of the most complicated mazes the amoebas solved.

A Mini Version of Britain's Royal Hedge Maze Is No Match for Amoebas

The study demonstrates how cells navigate the human body to provide immunity or carry messages

This embryonic sauropod perished after about four-fifths of its development in an egg.

Why This 'Unicorn Baby Dinosaur' Is the 'Cutest,' 'Weirdest' Ever

The tiny sauropod had a horn on its snout and forward-facing eyes, unlike its adult counterparts

The 63 statues selected depict their subjects in eight different situations, including carrying a baby, playing music, preparing for combat and undergoing torture.

What Ancient Sculptures Reveal About Universal Facial Expressions

New research suggests displays of emotion may transcend time and culture

Geologist Allan Krill spotted these markings on a boulder the side of the Bright Angel Trail in 2016. The boulder weighs several hundred pounds.

Fallen Boulder at the Grand Canyon Reveals Prehistoric Reptile Footprints

313 million years ago, two reptilian creatures crept over this boulder's surface

A unique moss species thrives underneath translucent quartz rocks in the hot, dry Mojave Desert while its neighbors shrivel.

Desert Moss Beats Heat by Growing Under Quartz Crystals

Researchers find the translucent rocks keep the moss moist while letting just enough light pass through its milky interior

Some groups stuck together for four years.

Grey Reef Sharks Hunt With the Same Group for Years—but Don't Call Them Friends

They're more like reef proximity associates

Researchers collecting tears from Broad-snouted caiman.

Microscopically, Crocodile Tears Look Sort of Like Our Own

Humans are the only species known to cry in response to emotional turmoil, but a new study finds reptile and avian tears aren't so different

Protected land near Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, above, was one of the sites studied in the new analysis of tree lines in the Canadian Rockies.

Because of Climate Change, Canada’s Rocky Mountain Forests Are on the Move

Using century-old surveying photos, scientists have mapped 100 years of change in the Canadian Rockies to document the climate-altered landscape

Viburnum titus is a common landscaping plant in Europe and the United States, but its blue fruits hadn't been closely studied until now.

Structural Complexity Gives This Fruit Its Metallic Blue Color

The super blue viburnum fruit gets its hue not just from blue pigment, but from the structure of its fat

A pink adult flamingo stands, surrounded by gray babies, in southern France. Flamingos are born gray and slowly turn pink as they age, due to their diet.

Record-Breaking 60,000 Flamingos Flock to Southern France

More than 50,000 adults and 12,000 babies were counted in aerial photos, suggesting a record-breaking year for the pink birds

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