Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice ...

Researchers at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School have developed a method to read the chemical layers inside sea ...

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A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly creeping across I-95 when an 87-year-old Vermont native attempted to help ...

Hans-Dieter Sues - Curator, Paleontology, National Museum of Natural History In a fit of pique, according to one of Aesop's fables, the god Hermes made the animal carry its house forever on its back.