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Earth Sciences Mar 8, 2024

Researchers: Cultural burning is better for Australian soils than prescribed burning, or no burning at all

Imagine a landscape shaped by fire, not as a destructive force but as a life-giving tool. That's the reality in Australia, where Indigenous communities have long understood the intricate relationship between fire, soil and ...

Earth Sciences Mar 7, 2024

Deadly earthquakes trigger hunt for speedier alerts

Researchers in Europe have identified an underground signal that may be a precursor to strong quakes.

Evolution Feb 20, 2024

Panama Canal expansion rewrites history of world's most ecologically diverse bats

Most bats patrol the night sky in search of insects. New World leaf-nosed bats take a different approach. Among the more than 200 species of leaf-nosed bats, there are those that hunt insects; drink nectar; eat fruit; munch ...

Archaeology Feb 18, 2024

Stone Age 'megastructure' under Baltic Sea sheds light on strategy used by Paleolithic hunters over 10,000 years ago

Archaeologists have identified what may be Europe's oldest human-made megastructure, submerged 21 meters below the Baltic Sea in the Bay of Mecklenburg, Germany. This structure—which has been named the Blinkerwall—is ...

Archaeology Feb 15, 2024

Study reveals Neolithic groups from the south of the Iberian Peninsula first settled in Andalusia 6,200 years ago

The first Neolithic farmers and shepherds in Andalusia settled permanently on the island of San Fernando, Cadiz, 6,200 years ago, where they continued to collect and consume shellfish throughout the year, preferably in winter.

Archaeology Feb 14, 2024

Anthropologists' research unveils early stone plaza in the Andes

Two University of Wyoming anthropology professors have discovered one of the earliest circular plazas in Andean South America, showcasing monumental megalithic architecture, which refers to construction that uses large stones ...

Plants & Animals Feb 13, 2024

The world's spectacular animal migrations are dwindling. Fishing, fences and development are fast-tracking extinctions

In 1875, trillions of Rocky Mountain locusts gathered and began migrating across the western United States in search of food. The enormous swarm covered an area larger than California. Three decades later, these grasshoppers ...

Archaeology Feb 12, 2024

Traces of Stone Age hunter-gatherers discovered in the Baltic Sea

In autumn 2021, geologists discovered an unusual row of stones, almost 1 km long, at the bottom of Mecklenburg Bight. The site is located around 10 kilometers off Rerik at a 21-meter water depth. The approximately 1,500 stones ...

Ecology Feb 12, 2024

Wolves are back in Colorado's wilderness: Here's why that's great for Earth

For the first time in U.S. history, a federally listed endangered species has been reintroduced to the wild by the efforts of a lone state. Wolves in Colorado were not a mandate from Washington, D.C.; Coloradans voted for ...

Archaeology Jan 30, 2024

European immigrants introduced farming to prehistoric North Africa, new research shows

The Neolithic age—when agriculture and animal farming were adopted—has become one of the most widely studied periods of social and economic transition in recent years. It was a period that drove great change in the evolution ...

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