Natural History News

Fun frogs on display at NYC museum

Fri, May 17 2013 at 10:30 AM

Bright colors, loud calls and myriad interesting facts abound in "Frogs: A Chorus of Colors."

Wed, May 15 2013 at 1:20 PM

Tooth and jaw fossil remnants dating back 25 million years fill a gap in the fossil record.

Tue, May 07 2013 at 12:52 PM

New fossils also show earliest evidence of hunting and scavenging by our human ancestors.

Wed, Apr 17 2013 at 4:02 PM

Two geneticists have applied Moore's Law to life instead of computers, and their data suggests that life could have preceded the earth's formation.

Wed, Apr 17 2013 at 12:20 PM

The National Park Service has named two new natural landmarks that serve as preserves of once-ubiquitous ecosystems.

Fri, Mar 15 2013 at 4:04 PM

A 13th-century tomb has been unearthed from a Scottish parking lot, and archaeologists have reason to believe it houses a noble knight.

Fri, Mar 15 2013 at 2:48 PM

Construction workers in London turned up 13 skeletons of Black Death victims dating back to 1350.

Wed, Dec 12 2012 at 7:00 AM

Research suggests that the ways in which living things process information give more clues to the origin of life than chemical structures do.