Fossils

Despite an alarmingly hot summer, all public pools in Kansas City, Missouri, have closed early because of funding and staffing issues. Plus, how western Kansas' prehistoric ocean could help scientists understand the future of life in a changing climate.

For generations, scientists seeking to learn about prehistoric ocean life have flocked to a place that’s about as far from the ocean as you can get — dry, dusty western Kansas. What they’re finding could teach us both about life in the ancient world and about the future of life in a changing climate.

"Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas" by Jennifer Raff uses DNA evidence to tell how the first peoples came to the Americas.

LAWRENCE, Kansas — A couple hundred million years ago, an ocean covering Kansas teemed with prehistoric life. Yet for millennia, Kansas has been a dry,...

Segment 1: Previewing the next session of the Missouri General AssemblyToday's guests run down some of the issues that lawmakers could tackle during this…

GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Paleontologist Mike Everhart had found a rib from a plesiosaur — an ancient ocean reptile — on the Ringneck Ranch in north-central...

WICHITA — Ashley and Erin Watt have always enjoyed the outdoors. Over the years, they’ve spent a lot of time floating down the Arkansas River in south...

You can find just about anything on eBay, including now a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil listed for almost $3 million.The online sale drew an outcry on social…

Segment 1: What does motherhood mean in the animal world?Humans really rely on moms to survive. But in the animal world, this experience may vary —…

Segment 1: The ancient civilization that once thrived in Kansas.About a year ago, a researcher at Wichita State University found the city of Etzanoa, an…

A Kansas Citian just returned from his first trip back to Puerto Rico since it was devastated by two hurricanes. We hear how recovery is going from his…

Before she accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award in Bioethics, we talk with Myra Christopher about what it's been like to spend decades at the center of…