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Monkeys have the most colorful faces of all mammals, and new research suggests that's not just a pretty face.

Rock exposures are rare in the icy wastes of Antarctica, but they are the only places where finding fossils is possible.

Washington state is home to a wide variety of fossils. Best of all, there age has several fossil sites that are open to the public.

This 37-foot story pole carved by William Shelton is being repaired thanks to help from the community.

Today, Native peoples are overcoming barriers to revitalize their relationship to traditional foods. 

Archaeological sites around Puget Sound have found more than 280 plants, birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, shellfish and other marine life used as traditional Coast Salish cuisine.

Model Chinese ships are an important record of this form of shipbuilding preceding modern ships made of steel and fiberglass.

From Amazonian jungles to Mexico's deserts, the diversity of these ecosystems is unrivaled. It is home to earth’s greatest biodiversity.

The totem pole, which had become a symbol of "American Indianess," was not a traditional art form of the southern Coast Salish peoples.