The wildest of the Canary Islands, Lanzarote's barren volcanic landscape features lava tunnels 6km long. Yet wine grapes can ...

Rome’s Pliny the Elder described emerald in his Natural History, published in the first century AD: “…nothing greens greener” was his verdict. He described the use of emerald by early lapidaries, who ...

Caligula, the notoriously erratic Roman emperor known for his bloodthirsty cruelty, probably also possessed a nerd's ...

British nature writer Richard Mabey argues for “the generosity to reset the power balance between ourselves and the natural ...

Tropical cyclones (TCs) rank among the most destructive weather phenomena, often bringing intense winds, heavy rainfall, and ...

From what the researchers were able to gather, the new species of pterosaur—dubbed Eotephradactylus mcintireae after Suzanne ...

The Museum of Natural History is open between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. every day but Thursday, when it is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. It is closed on major holidays, and admission is free of charge.

Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...

The team named the new pterosaur species Eotephradactylus mcintireae. The generic name means ‘ash-winged dawn goddess’ and references the site’s volcanic ash and the animals’ position near the base of ...

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History is ranked #15 out of 19 things to do in Halifax. See pictures and our review of Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History.

In May the atmosphere’s concentration of carbon dioxide exceeded 430 parts per million for the first time in recorded history. That’s bad news for many ecosystems and for human communities and ...