NewsProtecting Lands Slows Biodiversity Loss among Vertebrates by Five Timesby SmithsonianEffective government key to ensuring protected areas safeguard biodiversity
NewsHumans’ Evolutionary Relatives Butchered One Another 1.45 Million Years Agoby SmithsonianCut marks on a fossil leg bone belonging to a relative of modern humans could be evidence of cannibalism
NewsExtinct Marine Reptile Graveyard May Have Been Ancient Birthing Groundsby SmithsonianExplanations for why so many ancient marine reptiles died there have eluded researchers
NewsAncient DNA Brings New Insights to Corn's 9,000-Year Historyby SmithsonianThree 2,000-year-old cobs in Honduras show that people brought corn varieties back to Mesoamerica, possibly sparking productivity and shaping civilization
NewsStinging Water Mystery Solved: Jellyfish Can Sting Swimmers, Prey with 'Mucus Grenades'by SmithsonianInterdisciplinary research team discovers, describes new free-floating jellyfish stinging structures
NewsHigh Carbon Dioxide Can Create 'Shrinking Stems' in Marshesby SmithsonianMarshes grow shorter, denser stems under high carbon dioxide, which can help them resist sea level rise
NewsGalápagos Islands Have Nearly 10 Times More Alien Marine Species Than Once Thoughtby SmithsonianSea squirts, marine worms, and moss animals (bryozoans) made up the majority of the non-native species