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A well-preserved feather discovered inside fossilised dinosaur faeces could help explain why ancestors of modern birds survived the mass extinction.

New bat genome and fossil study, the largest ever, finds bats likely originated in Europe around 65 million years ago before going global. 

Editorial: With thousands dead across Europe this summer, it’s time to recognise heatwaves as the major natural disasters they are

Warning by United Nations climate chief comes as EU data shows August 2026 was joint hottest month ever

Ancient DNA confirms Miracinonyx trumani was more closely related to modern pumas than cheetahs and had a more varied diet than previously thought.

The science on climate change has never been clearer – yet the political response has never felt more uncertain. What happens when the evidence and the electorate don't move in step? Join Stand Up fo...

Teeth and bone fragments unearthed in a cave in China, along with animal bones and stone tools, help paint a picture of Denisovan life.

The critical and highly anticipated yearly assessment will be carried forward through a partnership with CIRES/CU Boulder and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate hazards, but no two heatwaves are the same. Heat extremes that happen…

How did some of Earth's earliest complex animals move—and could half-a-billion-year-old fossils reveal clues about life on other planets? In this video, invertebrate paleontologist and Museum…

The notion of enduring the summer rather than embracing it has spread far beyond the Sun Belt.

Science chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths

NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch.

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The shutdown of Climate.gov has created new barriers to accessing widely-trusted climate science and data crucial to informing the public on how…

The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs.

Learn about an iguanodon that had an infected skin ulcer that spread to one of its leg bones, leaving behind signs of swelling.

Yale Climate Connections reporters, meteorologists, and editors share the reads that inspire them.

Local lawmakers and scientists outlined several options to preserve the museum, which is due to close Sept. 30.

Teachers College Digital Futures Institute (DFI) is an interdisciplinary hub for digital innovation, with a mission to advance more just social futures that is driven by research, pedagogy, and…

Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel 🎉. Get 20% OFF a Lifetime subscription ➡️ https://bit.ly/HOHKAug26 Written by Carys Phillips Art by the legendary Ettore Mazza:…

1000-year archive from the Galápagos portends greater weather disruptions from the Pacific climate cycle

We tend to think that mammals took over after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, but for millions of years, fearsome birds ruled Earth

The educational landscape of climate change is itself changing dramatically after key deletions from Florida's science textbooks. A new report by WUSF News and The Hechinger Report found significant…

For years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise.

California's Senate Bill 1048 — which would, if enacted, establish a climate literacy seal "to recognize high school graduates “who have demonstrated mastery in climate literacy disciplines, green…

United States Military Academy at West Point. Photo by USMA Public Affairs Office.

NCSE is pleased to congratulate Gale Sinatra of the University of Southern California, a member of NCSE's board of directors, on receiving a Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Psychological…

Beefy tracks point to a Cretaceous critter as big as a large dog or mountain lion

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A New Toad Species Emerges from the La Brea Tar Pits: A paleontological leap thanks to the unusual fossilization in crude oil

Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling over the course of the 21st century.

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Stone tools from a lakeside site in Saudi Arabia hint that Neanderthals were adapted to the arid Arabian interior, not just to cold places.

NCSE is pleased to congratulate J. Marshall Shepherd of the University of Georgia, a member of NCSE's board of directors, on being named an honorary member of the American Meteorological Society.…

"The chapters in this book clearly demonstrate how educators in every subject matter area and grade level can help children understand their relationship with the living world, and one another, in…

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William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, from Rick Veitch and Steve Conley's "The Scopes Monkey Trial."