Scientists at the Smithsonian and partnering organizations have discovered a remarkably primitive eel in a fringing reef off the coast of the Republic of Palau. This fish exhibits many primitive ...

NEAR ISABELLA, MINN. ‑ In a breakneck, bumper-to-bumper culture, taking a convenient route can become mindless habit. Consider groceries. It's easy to forget that food doesn't come from a supermarket; ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

Firefly Gathering 2014 at Bell's Cove, a 300-acre, private lot in Barnardsville. The Gathering will be held here for the 3rd year. Photog: Oliver Fleming. Last summer, Diana Parra, a Colombia native ...

Doug Hill would not be opposed to living completely off the grid. He could sport his homemade buckskin shorts every day, drink untreated water from streams, pluck his lunch from blueberry patches. He ...

By Ben Brako The Neural Kingdom Every nation, at its heart, is a nervous system — a network through which signals of life, danger, joy, and duty are transmitted. The question is not whether a people ...

Using only bare hands and natural materials, a villa was built in the jungle with sturdy mud walls, a living grass roof, and ...

The Stone Age will come to life this weekend at an educational survivalism event in Cantonment. Anthropologist Justin Cook is hosting a “Primitive Living Skills” class this Saturday at Pensacola ...

What is the most primitive form of life on earth? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Sam ...