Smithsonian Magazine offers up a few other ancient creatures that could fit the bill, including Nile crocodiles, goannas, and ...

"Given the octopus' remarkable intelligence, adaptability, and diverse range of survival strategies, it wouldn't be the most ...

Operation Highjump was an enormous U.S. military expedition to Antarctica that began in December 1946 and ultimately lasted ...

In the 1973 novel The Princess Bride, Buttercup and Westley are taken by surprise when they are suddenly attacked by “rodents of unusual size,” or ROUS. The book describes the beasts as a “pure rat ...

On the day after Christmas in 1996, police in Boulder, Colorado received an alarming 911 call about a missing six-year-old girl named JonBenét Ramsey. “We have a kidnapping,” her mother, Patsy, cried.

In 1946, Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay, became the site of a bloody uprising that would later be known as the Battle of Alcatraz. What began as an ambitious escape attempt ...

These monumental discoveries left even the experts stunned. The world of archaeology is not always as exciting as it is portrayed in films like Indiana Jones. But while researchers are rarely risking ...

Over the past 2,000 years, Biblical scholars have pored over questions about Jesus Christ. What did the Christian Messiah look like? How tall was he? What do we know about his race? When and where was ...

Tickling may seem like a harmless and playful act, but it actually has a long and complex history that stretches across different cultures and eras. Its ability to immobilize and cause discomfort has ...

Over the course of six months in 2024, archaeologists from Museum Odense unearthed over 50 well-preserved Viking skeletons from a burial ground in Åsum, Denmark, which is located near Odense. The ...