Although James Cook's 18th century expeditions into the South Pacific Ocean are considered historical feats, Spanish voyages of discovery in this region preceded them. It is well-known that the ...

Lund University archaeologists have revealed details of late medieval artillery from the wreck of the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship, Gribshunden. The shipwreck is the only known example of its kind ...

This figure from the paper shows the distribution of wildlife values across 33 countries in Europe and the Americas from 2021-2023. Percent of mutualism-oriented (a) and domination-oriented (b) ...

In recent years, the evidence of human impacts on Earth's systems has caused researchers to call for recognition of a new epoch, the Anthropocene, in which human activity is a major driver of climate ...

Rates of soil erosion and alluvium accumulation in North America accelerated 10-fold after Europeans colonized the continent, according to new research carried out by scientists from China, Belgium ...

Discover why European powers rushed to colonize the New World driven by economic gain, religious missions, national rivalry, and the quest for new trade routes. This simplified U.S. history lesson ...

Humans with Asian origins played a larger role than those from Africa in colonizing Europe millions of years ago, reports a paper published in the early online edition of the journal Proceedings of ...

The year 2020 was filled with polarizing events — a pandemic, fervent protests from Belarus to Hong Kong to Venezuela, Black Lives Matter, the U.S. elections, conflict in the Central African Republic ...

KINGSTON, Mass. — Asa Peters marched into a thicket of Japanese knotweed in the woods of coastal Massachusetts this month and began steadily hacking the towering, dense vegetation down to size. The 24 ...

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. European colonization of the Americas resulted in the killing of so many native ...