The German lawyer, author, poet, politician and artist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (born August 28, 1749-1832) was also a mining engineer and quite interested in geology and paleontology. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Half a million years ago in South Africa early human ancestors shaped lumps of rock into lethal points and then attached them to wooden shafts, producing the earliest known stone-tipped spears. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
New, stunning video from a deep-sea vehicle reveals a rare view of the Dumbo octopus. Don’t let the name fool you—the Dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis) is no dummy. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A North Texas family, who discovered the skeleton of a 20,000- to 40,000-year-old mammoth while mining through sediment on their farm, is preparing to turn over the remains to a local museum. In May,... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Today I'd like to focus on passerine birds again, and this time on a group that I don't think I've ever blogged about before: the certhioids. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The latest molecular analyses and fossil finds suggest that the story of human evolution is far more complex—and more interesting—than anyone imagined -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Book scorpions are the best/worst thing to happen to books, because book scorpions! But also book scorpions... Properly known as pseudoscorpions, these tiny, tiny creatures have a fondness for old... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Many kinds of archaic humans walked the planet at the same time. How did Homo sapiens come to be the last species standing? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com