Martin Vaughan Foster was born in Watford in July 1930, the only child of Percy and Hilda (neé Vaughan) Foster. His maternal ...

A nearly 100 million-year-old firefly fossilized in amber sheds light on how the bioluminescent insects evolved during the ...

A local geology professor’s 12-year-old discovery of Lake Tahoe’s extraordinary age—2.3 million years—is finally getting widespread attention.

We used to think wildfires gave you a bit of warning—a smoky horizon, a few embers, maybe a news update telling you to stay ...

Researchers calculated the flight ability of more than 80 ancient cicada species to analyze their evolution over time.

Fossils reveal that prehistoric cicadas’ wings evolved to help them evade hungry predators with feathers and beaks, ...

The weathering of rocks in the Canadian Rockies is accelerating with rising temperatures, creating a feedback loop that is ...

The researchers focused on the potential for photosynthetic life to exist beneath layers of ice on Mars. They calculated that ...

Gradone is co-principal investigator on a three-year, $1.5 million grant to study how waters mix in the Caribbean. Several ...

A post-quarrying plan is important for safety and environmental concerns. But experts say there is no one-size-fits all ...

Researchers from Jiangsu University, China, have successfully resolved the relationships among five major mesangiosperm ...