Studying preserved footprints in New Mexico continues to provide insight into the first human movements in North America. A research team believes the footprints are more than 23,000 years old, confirming an earlier study that dates the prints to 10,000 years older than previously believed. Tracking the footsteps provides modern scientists a view into ancient […]
A man has been found dead in western Indonesia after a suspected attack by a Sumatran tiger authorities were still hunting, a local official said Saturday, the latest case of conflict between humans and the critically endangered species. There are only several hundred tigers on the western island of Sumatra left in the wild and […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Prehistoric humans in Brazil carved drawings in the rock next to dinosaur footprints, suggesting that they may have found them meaningful or interesting, a new study has found. The rock carvings, which archaeologists call petroglyphs, are […]
Colombia’s 10th Antarctic Expedition is making its way to the far reaches of the continent, exploring remote and almost untouched places inhabited by penguins, whales and the occasional seal. The Colombian Navy’s ARC Simon Bolivar is taking aquatic samples in Antarctica and advancing scientific research on climate change amid huge blocks of ice and frost. […]