Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature," David B. Williams slows down and takes a close look at Seattle.

As it was for Wainwright, it was a map that first intrigued ... but the history was not. The human presence here goes back at least 11,000 years, and the oldest known artifact is a harpoon.

A season on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail—stretching from the Adirondacks to northern Maine—reveals fresh possibilities for an ancient route.

The Bible also mentions that a historic river ... human was born. Getting back to Africa, South Africa has a place known as the Cradle of Humankind and Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, where the oldest ...

Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated ...

From dormant volcanoes and salt pans to urban forests and library gardens, these are the places we go for peace and quiet.

President Trump seems persuaded that firing the Fed chief, Jerome Powell, could inject more volatility into jittery financial markets. 5 min read Trump Shifted on Tariffs After Bond Holders Got ...

On loan from the Kenyan government since 2011, this stone, known as the Kanjera tool after the site where it lay buried, is the oldest human-made object in any Smithsonian collection. The stone ...

A decades-old fossil discovery in Japan has just been turned on its head. New research suggests the remains might not be human after all. What scientists found instead is rewriting part of Japan’s ...

They formed a human chain and swiftly removed 120 sacks containing two-and-a-half tonnes of money into parked Land Rovers. After a quarter of an hour, the crew called time and ordered the ...