Tiny clawed tracks left in ancient mud are the oldest reptile footprints
An artist's illustration depicts what the primitive reptile may have looked like…
Hikers find mysterious stash of gold hidden on a mountain trail
A stash of 598 gold coins and other items worth at least…
19th century shipwreck discovered off Australian coast highlights once common maritime ‘side hustle’
An 1842 painting by Jacob Spin shows Koning Willem de Tweede in…
Ancient poetry unveils hidden history of critically endangered finless porpoises, scientists say
A Yangtze finless porpoise is seen at the Baiji Dolphinarium at the…
Medieval tale of Merlin and King Arthur found hiding as a book cover
Conservator Sally Kilby and Błażej Mikuła photograph inside the folds of a…
A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that aimed for Venus is expected to crash back to Earth tonight
The northern hemisphere of Venus is displayed in this view of the…
Did South Korea’s legendary female free divers evolve for a life underwater? Scientists find new evidence
A group of Haenyeo (women divers) walk on the beach after diving…
A Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus is due to crash back to Earth this week
As it sped away from Venus, NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this…
Fossilized fish up to 16 million years old found in Australia, with last meal still intact
A paleontologist holds fossilized evidence of the newly identified fish species, Ferruaspis…
Costa Rica shipwrecks, long thought to be pirate ships, were transporting enslaved people, scientists say
Marine archaeologist Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch from the National Museum of Denmark documents…