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Found: A Spiral Mass Grave in Mexico City

Evidence of an elaborate ritual 2,400 years ago.

February 2, 2018

Found: A Fossilized Fish in a Monastery Flagstone

A 10-year-old boy on a tour spotted the fossil and reported it to a local museum.

February 1, 2018

Up Close With the First and Only Millipede Lab in the United States

They got legs, and they know how to use them.

January 31, 2018

Found: A Medieval Knife That Was Used Like an Eraser

It was probably some scribe's best friend.

January 31, 2018

Found: A Hammerhead Shark Nursery

Another natural wonder in the Galápagos Islands.

January 30, 2018

Found: A Mesolithic Crayon

Ochre red was a popular color choice in prehistoric England.

January 30, 2018

Found: An 800-Year-Old Chess Piece

A medieval knight from Norway with Islamic-inspired patterns.

January 29, 2018

Found: Evidence That Archaeopteryx Evolved Like Darwin's Finches

When southern Germany was an archipelago, these bird-like dinos may have specialized by island.

January 26, 2018

The Deep Roots of an Italian Song That Sounds Like English—But Is Just Nonsense

In 1972, fascination with American culture spurred an Italian showman to revive a medieval comic tradition.

Found: A New Population of One of the World's Rarest Fish

Citizen science helps double the known population of red handfish.

January 24, 2018

Found: A Spiraling Bees' Nest

And they're stingless!

January 23, 2018

Found: A Rare, 1,000-Year-Old Copper Arrowhead

It is one of the earliest examples of copper metallurgy ever found in Yukon.

January 22, 2018

Found: New Hope for an Endangered Desert Flower

Scientists and volunteers spent more than 100 hours scouring the Australian outback for the rare daisy.

January 19, 2018

Found: Two New Species of Dog-Faced Bats

No, they won't make good pets.

January 18, 2018

maritime history

The Little-Known History of Seafaring Pets

From war to exploration to pleasure cruising, pets have often accompanied us on the oceans.

January 17, 2018

biofluorescence

Found: Fluorescent Patterns on Chameleons' Heads

A rare example of biofluorescence that isn't in the ocean.

January 17, 2018

Found: Two New Drawings by Vincent van Gogh

Sketches of Montmartre by the elusive Dutch Postimpressionist.

January 16, 2018

Found: A Viking Comb That Says 'Comb'

It is helping researchers understand runic inscriptions, so maybe we should all start labeling our stuff.

January 15, 2018

Found: Evidence of a Long-Lost Scottish Monastery

Archaeologists may have found where one of the country's oldest manuscripts was written.

January 11, 2018

Found: A Giant Extinct Burrowing Bat

It used to scurry about on all fours on New Zealand's forest floor.

January 10, 2018

Found: The First Known Hybrid Bird Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Resistance to crossing rivers gave it the space to evolve into something new.

January 9, 2018

The Mystery of Italy's Saltless Bread

Trade wars, papal rebellion, or salty hams. Why does central Italian bread have no salt?

January 9, 2018

Found: Scraps of a Book From the Wreck of Blackbeard's Flagship

Apparently pirates spent some of their free time reading about sea voyages.

January 8, 2018

Found: A Plesiosaur, Antarctica's Oldest Animal Fossil

The fossil record of the southern continent has much to offer.

December 22, 2017