Hunter-gatherers cooked and ate carb-rich rhizomes.

A mass death event claimed the hominins’ lives and likely resulted from changing environmental conditions.

These ancient insects ate dinosaur feathers during the Cretaceous period.

The tamed foxes, whose appearances changed with breeding, weren’t wild to begin with, say the authors of a new study.

Frederik Ruysch’s collections blended specimens for scientific discovery with macabre art.

Researchers’ simulations suggest that small population sizes and inbreeding made Neanderthal populations vulnerable to chance fluctuations in population size.

This ancient red pigment came from underwater.

Warming temperatures threaten reindeer herding and the preservation of cultural artifacts in Mongolia.

Most know Rachel Carson for her work on the dangers of chemical pollutants, but the writer’s earlier prose took readers on a tour of a mysterious underwater world.