March 16, 2017, 6:02am Life
Eating like a caveman meant chowing down on woolly rhinos and sheep in Belgium, but munching on mushrooms, pine nuts and moss in Spain. It all depended on where they lived, new research shows. Read story
March 16, 2017, 5:33am Life
Not all reefs are created equal, a distinction that fish seem to recognize but until now scientists largely overlooked. Read story
March 15, 2017, 6:03am Nation & World
There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What’s left is a haunting expanse of gray, a scene repeated in reefs across the globe in what has… Read story
March 13, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News
Why. That's always been an important word for Jenne Driggers. Read story
March 9, 2017, 9:24am Nation & World
The new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus. Read story
March 9, 2017, 5:41am Life
Indiana Jones may have found a few more lost temples if he’d known a thing or two about plants. By mapping the distribution of tree species with known archaeological sites in the Amazon basin, scientists have discovered that humans shaped the makeup of the Amazon forests over thousands of years. Read story
March 9, 2017, 5:39am Life
The six ocean hot spots that teem with the biggest mix of species are also getting hit hardest by global warming and industrial fishing, a new study finds. Read story
March 8, 2017, 9:10am Life
An Alaska volcano that’s been active since mid-December has erupted again with an ash cloud that could threaten airliners. Read story
March 4, 2017, 7:01pm Clark County News
It's a pretty simple recipe: Take one marshmallow, add flame. While Saturday's charred result is unlikely to be part of anybody's diet plan, the process actually was an exercise in calorie counting. Read story
March 2, 2017, 6:00am Life
Ancient heritage sites caught in the crossfire of war are, in many ways, little different from civilian populations trapped in the midst of armed conflict: Even when they continue to stand, they are crumbling inside. Read story
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