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Upu is a beautiful demonstration of the power of words.

Linked to the famed Mali king Abubakari and lost explorer Percy Fawcett, the Brazil Tablet provides intriguing evidence for a possible colony set up centuries ago by forgotten seafarers.

Yellowfin tuna are a crucial part of our ecosystems and food systems. But they might be running out of oxygen.

Ancient civilizations look ever-more advanced with each passing year as new discoveries continue to showcase just how sophisticated they truly were.

A new piece of debris from MH370 has given major clues to the final tragic moments of the Boeing 777 that was lost in 2014

From mutiny to murder, only 18 of the 270 seamen made it back to Seville 500 years ago – here's the horror behind the harrowing expedition

Recurring outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) severely damage healthy corals, especially in the Western Pacific Ocean. To obtain a better understanding of population genetics of COTS and historical colonization across the Pacific Ocean, complete mitochondrial genomes were sequenced from 243 individuals collected in 11 reef regions. Our results indicate that Pacific COTS (Acanthaster cf. solaris) comprise two major clades, an East-Central Pacific (ECP) clade and a Pan-Pacific (PP) clade,...