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Dr. Pilaar Birch standing at her field site in Jordan

Understanding past civilizations' responses to climate change

How have human civilizations responded to significant environmental changes in the past and how have these changes influenced agrarian societies' interactions with their ecological settings and their strategies for managing water, plants, and animals? Dr.
Schultz taking selfie with gorilla

How research is enhancing gorilla health in zoos

If you have visited a North American zoo in recent years, you may have stumbled upon someone intently observing the gorillas and carefully noting their behaviors. Who is that and what are they doing?

student in the forest waist-deep in water smiling at the camera

Mapping the future: How a PhD student is reshaping conservation in Indonesia 

Dr. Sturt Manning and Dr. Brita Lorentzen selecting samples from collections found in archeological sites in the St. Lawrence Valley.

Dating Iroquoia project captures national attention in Canada

Historians have long pondered the disappearance of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians after their last documented encounter nearly 500 years ago. In 1535, French explorer Jacques Cartier encountered the Iroquoians in Hochelaga, now present-day Montreal.

The Kyrenia ship's wooden hull on display in Cyprus

New Study Refines Dating of Kyrenia Shipwreck

In the 1960s, the excavation of an ancient Greek merchant ship off the northern coast of Cyprus revealed an extraordinary time capsule from the early Hellenistic period.