New research suggests the first Americans weren't who we thought they were.
New research complicates the narrative of how leprosy reached the Americas.
Prime members can mark their calendars for July 11th.
New troves of fish bones in eastern Beringia point to the early origins of freshwater fishing among some of the earliest North Americans.
Tomato and tobacco plants emit airborne popping sounds when things aren’t going their way, new research finds.
Government officials say that developing the train will bring economic opportunity to poor communities in the peninsula, but environmentalists are concerned.
Patient names, addresses, dates of birth, payment information and, in some cases, Social Security numbers were swiped in the ransomware attack.
The ancient animal may indicate a new story in Mesoamerican sociopolitics.
The incoming president has promised to end the Amazon land grabs and set new emissions targets.
Now below sea level, the workplaces and settlements were vital sites of salt production.
Soil analysis from several Maya cities found levels of mercury that could harm health, and modern archaeologists could be at risk.
The company announced a boost in investment in a program that doesn't include the Amazon Flex workers struggling with high fuel costs.
LUMA took over power distribution on the island in 2021, promising improvements. Ongoing blackouts have residents furious and desperate.
The discovery is the earliest known burial of its kind and the southernmost in South America.
Bits of a 2,200-year-old mural may be some of the earliest examples of this dating system.
Vast areas of rainforest are being lost each year, and new satellite images show how that looks in just one area of Brazil.
Climate change is threatening the preservation of the mummies in Chile's Atacama Desert, which is supposed to be one of the driest places on earth.
Deforestation has increased rapidly under Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, as new satellite data reveals.
The country's highest court ruled in favor of groups having more control in the Amazon.
The practice was likely an attempt to “reconstruct” the dead.