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Agriculture Nov 16, 2023

Pastoralists have raised livestock in harsh climates for millennia. What can they teach us today?

The half-crescent moon glowed in the predawn Mongolia sky as Agvaantogtokh and his family began preparing for yet another big move with their animals.

Environment Nov 8, 2023

Study suggests link between feral horses and peatland carbon emissions

A new study by RMIT has found carbon emissions from Australian alpine peatlands to be much higher in areas disturbed by feral horses. The paper, "Carbon emissions from Australian Sphagnum peatlands increase with feral horse ...

Ecology Oct 17, 2023

The brumby debate will never be settled until we face the role horses played in colonization, researcher says

The brumby debate refuses to go away. Nothing seems able to settle this matter.

Archaeology Oct 13, 2023

How an ancient society in the Sahara Desert rose and fell with groundwater

With its low quantities of rain and soaring high temperatures, the Sahara Desert is often regarded as one of the most extreme and least habitable environments on Earth. While the Sahara was periodically much greener in the ...

Ecology Oct 10, 2023

Researchers: The Nullarbor's rich cultural history, vast cave systems and unique animals all deserve better protection

The Nullarbor is one of Australia's iconic natural places. It's renowned as a vast and mostly treeless plain. But hidden beneath this ancient landscape is an immense network of caves.

Archaeology Oct 4, 2023

Life-size images of extinct camel species found carved into stones in Saudi Arabia

An international team of archaeologists has discovered life-size images of an extinct camel species carved into rock formations in Saudia Arabia. In their project, reported in the journal Archaeological Research in Asia, ...

Archaeology Oct 4, 2023

A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant

Agriculture in Syria started with a bang 12,800 years ago as a fragmented comet slammed into the Earth's atmosphere. The explosion and subsequent environmental changes forced hunter-gatherers in the prehistoric settlement ...

Archaeology Sep 26, 2023

Study demonstrates the presence of camelids in Cordoba during the Roman and al-Andalus eras

A research team has found the remains of nine different camelids, making Córdoba one of the main sites featuring this animal on the Iberian Peninsula

Plants & Animals Sep 11, 2023

Uncovering camel spiders' hidden evolutionary secrets with a modern genetic tree

In a new study led by the laboratories of Prof. Prashant Sharma of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Dr. Efrat Gavish-Regev of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a team of researchers has uncovered the mysteries surrounding ...

Ecology Aug 20, 2023

Study: Changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires contributed to the last major extinction event

Over the past decade, deadly wildfires have become increasingly common because of both human-caused climate change and disruptive land management practices. Southern California, where the three of us live and work, has been ...

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