News

  1. Paleontology

    These ancient bumblebees were found with their pollen source

    Insects have long pollinated plants, but evidence of ancient pairing is rare. Fossils now show bees and linden trees goes back 24 million years.

    By Taylor Mitchell Brown
  2. Archaeology

    Fossil hand bones point to tool use outside the Homo lineage

    The fossil wrist and thumb bones suggest Paranthropus boisei could grasp tools around 1.5 million years ago.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Animals

    The viral Chicago ‘Rat Hole’ almost certainly wasn’t made by a rat

    Researchers used methods from paleontology to analyze the quirky local landmark, created when a rodent of a certain size fell into wet concrete.