All modern maize descends from a hybrid created just over 5,000 years ago in central Mexico, researchers have discovered.

The Osage murders of the 1920s are just one episode in nearly two centuries of stealing land and resources from Native Americans. Much of this theft was guided and sanctioned by federal law.

"...llamas, when managed by Indigenous herders, are accelerating soil fertility and plant succession."

Indigenous peoples are still feeling the economic shock of the mass slaughter of North American bison in the late 1800s, a new study shows.

Indigenous knowledge "must be respected just as much as the scientific information developed largely by scientists in wealthier countries."

The largest dam removal project is moving forward on the Klamath River in California and Oregon. Tribal nations there have fought for decades to protect native fish runs and the ecology of the river.

A look back to the 19th century puts contemporary cultural appropriation of Indigenous spiritual practices and healing in context.

A Steller’s sea eagle, native to the Asian Arctic, has traveled across North America since 2021. A scholar questions whether the bird is lost – and how well humans really understand animals’ actions.

The remains of an ancient human female suggests some modern Alaska Natives still live where their ancestors did 3,000 years ago.

Nearly 95% of deforestation in the Amazon occurs within 3.5 miles of a road or near a river. Brazil’s plans to ramp up exports may be on a collision course with the forest.