For decades, scientists have relied on tree rings to estimate how long trees can live. But new research suggests that this widely used method may have been underestimating the lifespan of many ...

One of the most appealing features of Australia is its wildlife. Only a few places in the world can surpass Australia in terms of its flora and fauna. Despite the diversity of the animals found in ...

The 2009 discovery of footprints (human and animal) left behind in layers of clay and silt at New Mexico’s White Sands National Park sparked a contentious debate about when, exactly, human cultures ...

Scientists working across the Pacific Islands have refined the timeline of Polynesian ritual construction by dating coral samples embedded in stone platforms, producing age estimates precise enough to ...

In 2021, researchers working in New Mexico published a paper that contributed to what remains one of the most controversial topics in American archaeology. The study describes human footprints in ...