Today, penguins are found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere. But fossils have revealed giant lookalikes to these swimming ...

Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season ...

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The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere ...

Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils ...

Greenland’s inhabitants call it Kalaallit Nunaat, or land of the Kalaallit. It is an Indigenous nation whose relatively few ...

Before you can swim in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you’ll need to purchase a wetsuit. You’ll be able to get one early on ...

V isit the Antarctic and you’ll find penguins. Lots of penguins. Chubby, slow (on land, at least), feathery penguins. And do ...

Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils, regulate water cycles ...

Specialized whale-bone harpoons from southern Brazil dating back 5,000 years suggest that Indigenous groups in the area were ...