Irene Wright

2 months ago | miamiherald.com | Irene Wright

Ducking hanging branches and stepping over stones, researchers in the Meratus mountain range of Indonesia walked through small streams on the hunt for frogs. They moved under the cover of darkness, hoping to spot the hopping creatures along the slippery rocks. The researchers were conducting field surveys, studies where they collect animals in the wild and take them to a lab for testing and analysis to see what species they belong to — or if they are a new one entirely.

2 months ago | miamiherald.com | Irene Wright

Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to the site of the ancient city of Hama, a region that was occupied for close to 8,000 years. Hama, now in modern-day Syria, was first occupied around 6,500 B.C. and was strategically positioned along communication routes that contributed to its longevity into the years of the Ottoman Empire.

2 months ago | miamiherald.com | Irene Wright

Central France has been occupied off and on for thousands of years, by aristocratic families to nomadic tribes. The city of Dijon was once a seat of medieval power, but long before the Gothic architecture, vineyards and mustard fields built the identity of the region, the land belonged to the Gauls. Now, archaeologists working at the construction site of a school complex have discovered 13 “unusual” Gallic burials dating to the Iron Age, according to a Jan.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Irene Wright

1 day agoCNN — Archaeologists investigating a roughly 5,000-year-old tomb in southwestern Spain say the women laid to rest there were buried with a staggering number of white beads that would have been threaded together to form elaborate, shimmering outfits. Beads appear regularly in the archaeological record …

2 months ago | thestate.com | Irene Wright

In shallow murkey water in Colombia, a miniature creature appeared with a mysterious skin flap, researchers said. Shared by George Mattox George Mendes Taliaferro Mattox, Astrid Acosta-Santos, Juan D. Bogotá-Gregory, Edwin Agudelo and Flávio C. T. Lima (2025) Researchers and scientists who spend their careers searching for new species in every corner of the globe know their field better than anyone else. But, what happens when they encounter something they’ve never seen before?