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Potatoes May Have Given Some Andean Populations a Genetic Advantage 6,000 to 10,000 Years Ago

Learn how a potato-rich diet may have reshaped human genes in the Andes thousands of years ago. Those changes could have helped some people process starch more efficiently, giving them a small but lasting advantage.

May 06, 2026

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Ancient Chinese Royal Tomb Held Spiritual Feather Decoration Made With Glue From Extinct Buffalo

A Live Cam Shows Four Baby Beavers Born in Washington — How Their Relocation Will Help Restore Ecosystems

Chicago Welcomes Two Bald Eagle Chicks for the First Time in Over a Century

Gases Rising in Zambia May Reveal Early Signs of a Continent Splitting Apart Underground

Chonkers the Giant Sea Lion Likely Weighed Over 1,500 Pounds and Has Left San Francisco — Here’s Where He May Have Gone

A Baby Pygmy Hippo Is Expected at the Toronto Zoo in July 2026 — Fewer Than 3,000 Remain in the Wild

Northern Ireland’s Hedgehogs Are Wearing Mini GPS Backpacks To Help Species Conservation

Neanderthals May Have Turned Ice Age Rhino Teeth Into a Variety of Ancient Tools

Rare Birth of Cotton-Top Tamarin Monkey Twins Is a Conservation Win at the Lake Superior Zoo in Minnesota

Ghost Elephants in Angola Are a Living Genetic Mystery — DNA from Their Dung Is Now Offering Answers

DNA Solves 166-Year-Old Franklin Expedition Mystery as HMS Terror Sailor Identified

Giant Squids, Pygmy Sperm Whales, and Other Rare Species Detected in Australia's Deep-Sea Canyons

Pilot Whales Have to “Yell” to Be Heard Over Ships in the Strait of Gibraltar

After a Massive Eruption, This Underwater Volcano Removed Methane from the Atmosphere

There May Only Be About 100 Rice's Whales Left in the Gulf of Mexico — Why This Species Is So Endangered

Volcanic Eruption at Indonesia’s Mount Dukono Takes the Lives of 3 Hikers, Sends Ash Plume Skyward

Rare White Bison Calf Born At Iowa Wildlife Refuge

1,700-Year-Old Roman Infant Burials Contained Purple Silk Once Worth More Than Gold

This Substance Is 1,000 Times More Potent Than the World’s Spiciest Pepper — and It Could Provide Pain Relief

Denali's Puppy Cam Shows Adorable Sled Dog Puppies — How Do They Become Canine Rangers?

146,000-Year-Old Butchering Tools Reveal Creativity May Have Helped Ancient Humans Adapt to the Ice Age

Dinosaurs May Have Emerged Earlier Than Thought—and Evolved in Rapid Bursts

Garlic Compound Shows Potential to Help Aging Muscles Stay Strong

Why a Daring Coyote May Have Swum Two Miles to Reach Alcatraz Island

Do Omega-3s Really Protect The Brain? The Answer May Depend on Your Health

A Roughly 400-Year-Old Jaw Reveals Scotland’s Earliest Known Evidence of a Gold Dental Bridge

The Unconscious Brain May Still Process Sound, Learn Patterns, and Predict Words Under Anesthesia

Seals’ Heart Rates Peak Hours After Coming Ashore — Helping Them Recover From Deep Dives

An Unexpected Landslide in Alaska Triggered a Tsunami Taller Than The Eiffel Tower

Rare Arctic Seafloor Footage Captures Narwhals, Backward-Swimming Fish, and Panicked Copepods

David Attenborough Is Turning 100 — Where His Iconic Voice Began and How It Reshaped Nature Storytelling

After 350 Million Years of Survival, Egg Size May Help Explain Why Ammonites Didn’t Make It Through the End‑Cretaceous Extinction

Neolithic Farmers Were Cultivating Bread Wheat in Georgia 8,000 Years Ago

Potatoes May Have Given Some Andean Populations a Genetic Advantage 6,000 to 10,000 Years Ago

One Dose of Psilocybin May Briefly Alter the Brain, Offering Clues for New Treatments

Humpback Whales Show Strange “Gaping” Behavior — and Social Media Helped Us Understand It

A Major Atlantic Ocean Current May Be Weakening Faster Than Expected — Here’s What That Could Mean

A Forgotten 1949 Recording Turns Out To Be The Oldest-Known Recording of a Whale Song

Early Humans Returned to This Pyrenees Cave for 2,000 Years and Left Bones, Hearths, and Rare Jewelry

Cranberry Juice Shows Promise in Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria That Cause UTIs

1.6‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossils Show Early Humans Repeated a Successful Meat‑Gathering Strategy

A Hantavirus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship Leaves 3 Dead — Why Viral Outbreaks Are So Common at Sea

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JWST Spots a Nearby Super-Earth That Could Look Like the Moon or Mercury

Three Cougar Kittens Caught on Camera in Minnesota for the First Time in 100 Years

The 2026 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Will Soon Radiate Across the Sky — Here's How to Get the Best View

Disrupting DNA Repair May Help Defeat Drug-Resistant Cancer

GLP-1 Drugs May Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, and Death by About 13 Percent

This Wild Parrot Species Copies Its Peers to Figure Out What Food Is Safe to Eat

An Ancient Rome Manuscript Hid a 1,300-Year-Old Copy of the First English Poem