A groundbreaking discovery has emerged from Siberian permafrost—a remarkably preserved saber-toothed cat cub from over 30,000 ...

Splintered and rudderless after developing nations rejected what they called too little money to deal with climate change, ...

Woolly mammoths, giant sloths and saber-toothed cats were a fact of life for early humans. But today’s researchers can only hope to find fossils that will shed more light on the existence of these ...

A thawing Arctic will promote the release of greenhouse gases including methane and carbon dioxide. Permafrost is ground that ...

The U.S. is on the cusp of a water utility workforce shortage, with retirements in the sector far exceeding recruitment. We may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know ...

“I don’t know if other paleontologists’ minds are as blown as mine, but it’s like reality changes now that we’ve seen this.” The cub was preserved in permafrost near the Badyarikha River in the ...

Sophie Lloyd, who was possibly also known as Sue Lloyd, dressed up as a man to take her exams for the Magic Circle - fooling her examiners and going out for a drink with them afterwards.

It goes like this: beneath the ground is thick permafrost — a jumble of soil, rocks and sediment held together by ice. Underneath this sits a layer of “methane hydrates,” a solid form of ...

Cardiovascular disease remains the foremost cause of morbidity and mortality globally, affecting millions of individuals. Recent discoveries illuminate the substantial role of genetics in ...