ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Current Mega-Drought in the US Exceeded the One That Occurred in the 1500s

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 02.16.2022 06:34 AM

The American West is experiencing mega-drought over the last two decades that is said to be the worst to hit the region in at least 1,200 years.

6 Mummified Peruvian Children Believed to be Sacrificial Escort to Dead Nobleman to the Underworld

02.16.2022 06:02 AM

Archaeologists report unearthing 6 mummified Peruvian children in the ancient mud-city of Cajamarquilla near the city of Lima. The children are believed to have been sacrifices to escort the deceased nobleman to the underworld.

300-Year-Old Linen Bedsheet Embroidered with Human Hair from a Severed Head Will Be Displayed in London

02.16.2022 02:50 AM

Museum of London set to exhibit a 300-year-old bed sheet embroidered with human hair possibly from a severed head will be put on display London Museum this October.

Armless But Skilled Dinosaur Captures Prey Using Head and Jaws, New Study Says

02.16.2022 00:03 AM

Scientists discovered fossils of an armless dinosaur that likely roamed Argentina 70 million years ago and is believed to belong to abelisaurs, a dinosaur with short front limbs.

Peruvian Skull with Strange Metal Implant Baffles Experts: Is It Real or Fake?

02.15.2022 22:34 PM

Experts were divided about the Peruvian skull embedded with a mysterious metallic object collected from the ancient Andean..

DNA Unveils Elephant Ivory Smuggling Tactics for Poaching, Shipment, Connectivity of Traffickers Exposed

02.15.2022 06:51 AM

The genetic links across shipments that have recently been uncovered reveal an even higher degree of organization among the networks of elephant ivory smuggling compared to previously known.

Ice Sheet Weight Change Caused Tilting of Earth's Landscape and Direction of Ancient Megafloods

02.15.2022 05:50 AM

Researchers from UC Santa Cruz suggests that the ebb and flow of the great Missoula megafloods was influenced by the tilting of the Earth's crust as a response to the melting of ice sheets during the end of the last Ice Age.

Most Vicious Australian Snakes May Have Arrived by Sea Rather than Land, Study Says

02.15.2022 02:53 AM

Recent research found genomic evidence that the two most vicious snakes in Australia--the tiger snake and brown snake, swam to the continent.

Well-Preserved Ice Age Puppy Ate a Woolly Rhino For Its Last Meal Before Species Became Extinct 14,000 Years Ago

02.15.2022 00:24 AM

Scientists were stunned to discover that the mummified Ice Age pup they found ate one of the last woolly rhinos on Earth after finding an undigested chunk of its meat inside the ancient dog's stomach.

Only 16% of Global Coastal Regions Remains Intact; Experts Urge Conservation Efforts ASAP

02.14.2022 09:46 AM

University of Queensland experts found that less than 16 percent of the global coastal regions remain intact. Authors urge people in power to take immediate steps for climate mitigation and coastal area preservation.

Chester Zoo's Baby Aardvark Resembles Harry Potter's House-Elf Dobby [Watch]

02.14.2022 03:20 AM

Chester Zoo welcomes the first-ever baby aardvark Dobby. Its name was inspired by the elf character in the Harry Potter series.

Crocodile Had Dinosaur For Its Last Meal Based On 95-Million Year Old Fossil, Study Claims

02.14.2022 03:04 AM

Paleontologists in Australia found a new species of crocodile that may have eaten a dinosaur around 95 million years ago as its last meal, marking a historic world's first discovery.

Deep-Sea Anglerfish Species Dubbed As ‘Sea Monster’ Found in San Diego Beach

02.12.2022 22:35 PM

A man recently discovered something on a San Diego beach initially thinking he saw a jellyfish but later realized he spotted what reports have described as a "sea monster."

Rogue Wave That Occurred in 2020 Breaks Record Reaching 4-Story-Tall High

02.12.2022 22:05 PM

The wave documented in 2020 has recently been confirmed for being proportionately the most extreme rogue wave ever reported, a record-breaking occurrence.

Crocodile-Like Beast That Roamed In Tanzania 240 Million Years Ago Discovered, Gets New Name

02.11.2022 22:45 PM

The paleontologists at the University of Birmingham discovered the fossilized remains of a new crocodile-like species in Tanzania.

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