New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...

The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop into the ...

In the ancient past, the people of southern Brazil gathered to celebrate seasonal fish migrations with feasts and fermented ...

New genetic evidence traces the roots of English, Sanskrit, and hundreds of other languages to a group of hunter-gatherers in ...

Pre-colonial people in Brazil may have gathered in summer months to feast on migratory fish and share alcoholic drinks, a new ...

British photographer Ian Wood came first for his humorous image of a Eurasian badger looking up at graffiti depicting a ...

After millions of dollars and several years, a rare success has been achieved in one of the strangest and most scrutinised animal relocation projects in history.

A combination of ancient knowledge and modern research techniques may be closing the gap between who some of the earliest ...

A project backed by the Chilean government and UNEP is helping to revive the Cahuil wetland and kickstart economic growth.

For decades, babies in Georgia were stolen from their mothers and illegally sold for adoption. Tamuna Museridze has dedicated ...