The world's oldest ant fossil preserved within a 113-million-year-old lump of limestone has been unearthed in a long-forgotten museum collection. Biologists at Sao Paulo University's Zoology Museum have revealed what…
Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes depicting initiation rites of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine and ecstasy. The discovery was made in a banquet hall…
French customs have discovered dinosaur teeth dating back 70 million years being transported in a lorry from Spain on its way to Italy. The incident took place near Menton on…
The oldest-known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments has sold for over USD 5 million at Sotheby's in New York. Dating back to the Late Roman-Byzantine Era (ca. 300-800…
A lump of amber unearthed in the South Pole that is the first ever to be discovered there has proven how Antarctica was once covered in lush rainforests. The amber,…
Astonished scientists have unearthed what are believed to be the smallest dinosaur eggs ever found during a fossil hunting expedition in China. The six eggs, excavated in eastern Jiangxi Province,…
Two critically endangered Seychelles giant tortoises have been relocated to a new home after the world's oldest zoo built them a brand new enclosure. The two reptiles, reportedly aged 70…
A woman and her eight-year-old son have stumbled upon a grey stone dating back millions of years that glows under UV light while taking a stroll on a beach. Sarah…
Climate scientists say West Antarctica was ice-free for millions of years longer than previously thought and the big freeze probably only happened 7 million years later. An international team of…
A magnificent long-lost 900-year-old Crusader altar has been discovered hidden behind a stone slab covered in graffiti in Jerusalem, it has emerged. The marble altar was created by Christian crusaders…