On a lakeside peninsula in East Africa, archaeologists have found clues to a society that lived there more than 3 million years ago. Kenya’s Homa Peninsula is part of the East African Rift Valley, a part of the world often called “the cradle of humanity.” So many of the oldest clues on the first days … Read more
British researchers have discovered some 200 dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years in a discovery believed to be the UK’s largest. Teams from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham made the ‘exhilarating’ discovery at a quarry in Oxfordshire, central England, after a worker encountered ‘unusual bumps’ while removing clay with a mechanical shovel, according … Read more
Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality ever recorded, Australian research showed on Tuesday, with scientists concerned the rest of the area may have suffered a similar fate. The Australian Institute of Marine Science said studies of 12 reefs found up to 72 percent coral mortality, thanks to a summer … Read more