The watermelon has long inspired artists, such as Giuseppe Recco's Still Life With Fruit (1634-1695). The first color sketches of the red-fleshed, sweet watermelon in Europe can be found in a ...

The natural history of Pliny (Volume 2) by Pliny, the Elder Publication date 1855 Topics Natural History Publisher London : Henry G. Bohn Collection usnationallibraryofmedicine; medicalheritagelibrary ...

Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the ...

Explore the prehistoric and present-day natural worlds at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Visitors can immerse themselves in exhibits featuring dinosaur fossils, wildlife native to Georgia ...

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the ...

When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: ...

The 300,000 year-old tools show that hominins in East Asia made planned foraging trips to lakeshores and designed instruments ...