Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sites
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the...
Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises....
Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America’s largest and rarest tortoise...
ENGLE, N.M. (AP) — While the average lifespan of North America's largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists have said it could...
The fall equinox is here. What does that mean?
NEW YORK (AP) — Fall is in the air — officially.The equinox arrives on Saturday, marking the start of the fall season for the...
Top warming talks official hopes for ‘course correction’ and praises small steps in climate...
NEW YORK (AP) — A top official helping to oversee upcoming international climate negotiations hopes to prove critics wrong — and surprise them with...
Governments and individuals debate: Are mandates needed to reach climate change targets?
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Governments, organizations and businesses have set ambitious goals to combat climate change. But it is far from clear that those...
Ancient ‘power’ palazzo on Rome’s Palatine Hill reopens to tourists, decades after closure.
ROME (AP) — An ancient Roman imperial palazzo atop the city's Palatine Hill was reopened to tourists on Thursday, nearly 50 years after its...
NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid
Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid.A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on...
This simple log structure may be the oldest example of early humans building with...
NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have uncovered a simple structure from the Stone Age that may be the oldest evidence yet of early humans...
Prince William, billionaires Gates and Bloomberg say innovation provides climate hope
NEW YORK (AP) — With deadly extreme weather hitting all over the globe, rising temperatures peaking during the hottest summer on record and carbon...
