Prof Manthi digs evidence from the ground to explain human origin in a country deeply rooted in religious beliefs.

Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question "How did we get here?" These moments also shed ...

A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of time ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to ...

Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their ...

The Afro-Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica) is the world’s most widely distributed wildcat, but experts and information on the ...

A giant soft-shelled egg unearthed in Antarctica is rewriting everything scientists thought they knew about ancient marine ...

As the colossal replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark rises incongruously from the countryside of northern Kentucky, Ken Ham gives the presentation he’s often repeated.

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to anchor the unofficial start of summer. Here are a few things to know.

Breakthrough study reveals how woolly mammoths and Arctic animals evolved their cold-weather superpowers over 3 million years ...