Red abalone were a key food source for native populations on ... dune-covered island was largely ignored by early European explorers, who did little more than name it. In the early 19th century ...

We've worked like heck to bring this. It took a lot of people to bring this throughout the years,” one advocate said. “It's ...

The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster.

Groundbreaking research by University of Utah anthropologists shows how ancient people processed certain plants on stone tools in the Northern Great Basin.

The rate of societal change and scope of consequences—led by technology and demographics—have quickened far, far beyond the glacial pace at which over 99 percent of human history unfolded.

The Fountain of Youth is most associated with the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León, but people have believed in ...

NMU’s Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center hosted a full day of presentations, and films to help Marquette residents better understand how the place they call “home” came to be.

The Caddo Parish Commission passed a resolution seeking federal recognition for the Adai Caddo Indian Nation, a tribe that ...

Making hanging baskets is the easy part. The challenge is in keeping them looking good. We live in an environment with low ...

The U.S. Virgin Islands, located east of Puerto Rico, have a population of around 100,000. More than 2 million visitors come ...

Kindergartners would be taught to count to 100 and learn the concepts of virtue and sin. Seventh-graders would be taught about ratios and “God’s work in history.” High-schoolers would be ...

Already praised by writers such as Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert, “Sea of Grass” is about the “ecological marvel” of the North American prairie. Former Star Tribune journalists Dave Hage and ...