Before there were the Olmecs, what was life like in early Mexico, how did people live and what do we know about their lives ...

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Florida is home to a diverse range of wildlife, including several protected and endangered species. South Florida contains ...

There’s something profoundly different about watching an elephant amble across the savanna versus seeing one pace behind glass at a zoo. When animals move freely in their own environments, the ...

The Hobe Mountain observation tower gives you amazing views. At 86 feet tall, it’s one of the highest points in South Florida. Climb to the top and you can see the Atlantic Ocean in the distance. The ...

Tucked away in the charming coastal town of Elberta, Alabama, Dinosaurs in the Woods offers the kind of unexpected joy that makes you question whether you’ve somehow stumbled through a time portal ...

The Earth has seen some truly gigantic snakes throughout its history, and these creatures were so massive and powerful that ...

While they didn't live in a pineapple under the Phosphoria Sea, it turns out a good chunk of the prehistoric Intermountain ...

Larisa R. G. DeSantis received funding from the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and Vanderbilt University. DeSantis is also a research associate at the La Brea Tar Pits and ...

More than 30,000 teeth, bones and other fossils from a 249 million-year-old community of extinct marine reptiles, amphibians, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging ...