When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

Far be it from us to suggest there’s a parallel between the continental plate’s behavior and what is happening on top, but ...

IT is the misfortune of Canada to have been so overshadowed by her great southern neighbor that her history has been generally neglected, especially her history in the nineteenth century.

Tracking the footsteps provides modern scientists a view into ancient life.

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

But why does North America, despite its comparable geographical ... million years ago), a relatively recent epoch of the Earth's history with a warmer climate than today. Before that, during ...

More from Gwen about the effect of Gold on the USA. The search for gold has had a profound affect on the history of North America. In 1539, it was rumors of gold that drew the Spanish conquistador ...

Known today as the oldest Chinatown in North America, San Francisco’s Chinatown has a remarkable history that spans over 175 years. Initially only occupying the area around Portsmouth Square and ...

In this exhibit, you can explore the history of horses in the American West. Horses first evolved in North America. Some of their early ancestors lived 30–40 million years ago and were small, ...

On this day in aviation history, January 24, 1950, the North American YF-93, a prototype jet fighter for the US Air Force, made its first flight. Originally meant to be called the F-86C ...