Evotourism ® | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/evotourism/RSS feed for Evotourism ®enTue, 23 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0000The 50-Million-Year-Old Treasures of Fossil Lakehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/treasures-of-fossil-lake-180980544/In a forbidding Wyoming desert, scientists and fortune hunters search for the surprisingly intact remains of horses and other creatures that lived long agoTue, 23 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/treasures-of-fossil-lake-180980544/Old, Primeval Forests May Be a Powerful Tool to Fight Climate Changehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-old-man-and-the-tree-180979242/Ecologists thought these trees had long been torn down in New England. Then Bob Leverett proved them wrongWed, 05 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-old-man-and-the-tree-180979242/Seven New Things We Learned About Human Evolution in 2021https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/seven-new-things-we-learned-about-human-evolution-in-2021-180979271/Paleoanthropologists Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae reveal some of the year's best findings in human origins studiesTue, 28 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/seven-new-things-we-learned-about-human-evolution-in-2021-180979271/Female Elephants Are Evolving Without Tusks in Mozambiquehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/female-elephants-are-evolving-to-go-tuskless-but-may-be-killing-males-180978938/The genetic mutation causing tusklessness in females seems to be lethal in malesWed, 27 Oct 2021 13:57:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/female-elephants-are-evolving-to-go-tuskless-but-may-be-killing-males-180978938/What Drove Homo Erectus Out of Africa?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-drove-homo-erectus-out-of-africa-180978881/Excavations at a site in northern Israel are at the heart of a debate about the species' migrationsTue, 19 Oct 2021 14:06:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-drove-homo-erectus-out-of-africa-180978881/The Final Home of Charles Darwin’s HMS Beagle Gets Protected Statushttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dock-where-darwins-hms-beagle-last-moored-gets-protected-status-180974853/The naturalist famously conducted the research that led to the "Origin of Species" on board the shipTue, 12 May 2020 19:21:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dock-where-darwins-hms-beagle-last-moored-gets-protected-status-180974853/The Fishy Mystery of Lake Malawihttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mystery-lake-malawi-180971442/In the second-largest lake in Africa, fish evolution is taking place at an explosive rate. Why? Scientists are diving into the questionThu, 21 Feb 2019 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mystery-lake-malawi-180971442/Darwin Would Have Loved the Cliffs of Newfoundland, Where 500-Million-Years-Old Fossils Residehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/darwin-loved-cliffs-newfoundland-500-million-years-old-180962472/Step back in time half a billion years to a world of mysterious sea creatures that would have thrilled DarwinTue, 21 Mar 2017 16:19:51 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/darwin-loved-cliffs-newfoundland-500-million-years-old-180962472/The Biggest Tree Canopy on the Planet Stretches Across Nearly Five Acres https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/biggest-tree-canopy-planet-stretches-across-five-acres-180962470/In remote India, a visit to Thimmamma Marrimanu offers a spectacular lesson in the vital coexistence of living thingsTue, 21 Mar 2017 15:46:54 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/biggest-tree-canopy-planet-stretches-across-five-acres-180962470/Hawaii's Must-See Lava Flows Are Home to New, Startling Ecosystemshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/hawaii-startling-lava-fields-home-new-ecoystems-180962476/These stunning volcanoes are creating new islands of evolutionTue, 21 Mar 2017 15:40:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/hawaii-startling-lava-fields-home-new-ecoystems-180962476/