News

  1. Paleontology

    A textbook assumption about early land vertebrates may be wrong

    Three species that lived about 308 million years ago challenge the idea that the first land vertebrates underwent amphibian-like metamorphosis.

    By
  2. Health & Medicine

    A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

    It’s just a matter of time before Sporothrix brasiliensis reaches the U.S. a CDC expert says.

    By
  3. Climate

    A ‘Super El Niño’ may be on the way. What does that mean?

    Past super El Niños have brought bad flooding, deadly fires and disease outbreaks. Climate experts already expect “shockingly high” temps this winter.

    By
  4. Archaeology

    The oldest known plague outbreak struck hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago

    Plague DNA in ancient graves near Siberia's Lake Baikal suggests the disease threatened people long before farming and crowded settlements.