The California clapper rail is a chicken-sized bird with slender legs, brown feathers and a long beak. It makes its home in the salt marshes of the San Francisco Bay.
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2018
May
April
April 24, 2018
Nik Dave has worked in Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute since he was a sophomore in high school.
April 24, 2018
DNA — since the world first saw its iconic double helix structure in 1953, it has given scientists a treasure trove of insights into human health and uniqueness.
April 17, 2018
All over the world, archaeologists are constantly collecting data.
April 11, 2018
Across the world of mammals, teeth come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
April 2, 2018
On Tuesday, May 8, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will recognize its highest achieving students from the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities
March
March 30, 2018
On one of the most memorable days of her life, Kaye Reed found herself holding the jawbone of an ancestor who lived 2.8 million years ago.
March 20, 2018
In early March, the Center for Global Health in ASU’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change hosted this year’s Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA) international conference, with participa
March 16, 2018
Arizona has a rich historical legacy, and there’s no better time to appreciate it than in March, when temperate weather combines with opportunity for adventure during Arizona Archaeology and Herita
March 14, 2018
In the 1960s, an archaeologist named René Millon began mapping the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico.
March 12, 2018
Imagine a year in Africa when summer never arrives. The sky takes on a gray hue during the day and glows red at night. Flowers do not bloom. Trees die in the winter.
March 6, 2018
From stately cruise ships to Olympic host cities, recent headline-grabbing outbreaks prove that norovirus — an incapacitating and vaccine-less stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhea — can st
February
February 27, 2018
“A society is defined not only by what it creates, but what it refuses to destroy,” environmentalist John Sawhill said.
February 20, 2018
A 2,000-year-old handprint changed the course of Kelly Knudson’s life.
February 19, 2018
What makes humans special? It's a question mankind has puzzled over for centuries.
February 15, 2018
Archaeologists are seeing the Maya culture in a whole new light thanks to an emerging technology that has identified countless new buildings that had been hidden for centuries.
February 13, 2018
Are you in need of some fitness alignment in your mateship? Do you see potential pair bonding in your future? Or are you just looking for good, old-fashioned love?
February 8, 2018
Arizona State University researcher Kevin Langergraber knows nearly 200 chimpanzees of the Ngogo community by sight and by name — Jackso
January
January 31, 2018
Women around the world have been excluded from many professions throughout history, including, until recently, city planning and management.
January 19, 2018
Have you ever felt a deep, instant bond with a city? A place where the people, culture and even the architecture all seem to whisper, “This is where you belong”?
2017
December
December 15, 2017
Arizona State University ranks ninth out of 719 universities in the U.S.
December 6, 2017
On Tuesday, Dec.12, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will recognize its highest achieving students from the social sciences, n
November
November 30, 2017
Five graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowsh