Clubmosses are not true mosses — they are the oldest group of vascular plants, which evolved 410 million years ago and ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

British waters host some remarkably ancient creatures that have been swimming through our seas for decades or even centuries. These […] ...

Tangled up in myth and tradition, Germany's Black Forest once had a reputation for being as antiquated as its cuckoo clocks.

Visiting one of the U.S.' breathtaking national parks may not sound obvious to do when it's cold outside, but perhaps these ...

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's oldest ranger, died Sunday. As a ranger, she shed light on the painful reality of working on the WWII home front as a Black woman.

Betty Reid Soskin, who was the National Park Service’s oldest active ranger when she retired at age 100, has died. She was 104.

Betty Reid Soskin, a former National Park Service ranger who kept working until the age of 100, has died at the age of 104.

That’s exactly what happened to an unfortunate graduate student named Donald R. Currey back in the summer of 1964, who ended up responsible for the demise of Prometheus, a bristlecone pine that stood ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about the mythic Grove of Titans, a collection of the largest redwood trees on Earth, located just south of the Oregon and ...