Researchers used two kinds of sonar to detect the wreck of the World War I German battlecruiser Scharnhorst. The wreck of one of the most famous German warships of World War I has been located on the seafloor near the…
About 30 inches (75 centimeters) in diameter, this shield was found in July 2018; but it wasn’t until conservation was complete that its decorations and details could be seen. Inside a 2,200-year-old grave, archaeologists have discovered a stunning Iron Age…
Goodness gracious! Great balls of fire rained from the sky in Chile last week, and officials are still trying to figure out what they were and where they came from. One thing is certain: The mysterious burning objects were not…
Blue whales are the largest animals to ever live on Earth. When the largest animals on Earth grab a snack, their hearts skip a beat — or sometimes 30
Pigeons in Paris are sometimes missing a toe and now researchers think they know why: human hair. Bird-watchers in Paris have for years noticed something odd about the city’s pigeons: Many of the omnipresent avians are missing one or more…
The pup still had its milk teeth, suggesting it was under 2 months old when it died. A young pup that spent 18,000