WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Animal welfare officials in Colombia have begun giving pigeons vasectomies as a humane way to keep numbers down in the capital Bogota. The Institute for the Protection and Animal Welfare of Bogota (IDPYBA) announced that nine pigeons underwent the snip on 9th November. Mauricio Cano, of the…
Archaeologists have discovered a bronze hand dating back 2,100 years and sporting the oldest known inscription in the Basque language that could shed light on its history. The discovery was made in Irulegi, a village near the Castle of Irulegi, which is located to the south of the city of…
New research has suggested that Otzi the 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceman did not die in autumn before being preserved under winter snow, and instead had died in early spring on a high Alpine snow field. The Ice Age huntsman, considered one of the oldest and best-preserved mummies in the world, is…
These 24 intact bronze statues of ancient gods dating back 2,000 years have been retrieved from an Italian thermal spring, with experts saying that the discovery will "rewrite history". Archaeologists working the dig site also found 5,000 gold, silver and bronze coins, according to the Italian Ministry of Culture. The…
A man has found an Iron-Age Viking sword and jewellery while clearing some undergrowth in his forest in Finland, yet despite the fact that they suspect there are more treasures - the local heritage committee does not have the cash to dig them up. The man, who has not been…
A nurse accused of murdering five newborn babies and trying to kill eight more looked up lethal doses of potassium and insulin on the internet, said prosecutors in Argentina. Police found the deadly hunt in her computer search history after arresting suspect Brenda Aguero, who worked as a neo-natal nurse…
Researchers have discovered a huge Mayan settlement hidden under a jungle in Mexico by using laser imaging. The numerous temples, houses, terraces and canals were detected at the Calakmul archaeological site in the state of Campeche, in Mexico. National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) researchers used LiDAR (laser imaging,…
A British research and charity institution has donated its enormous bird specimen collection to one of the leading natural history museums of Central Europe. The Natural History Museum Vienna (NHM) has announced that it received the Harrison Institute Bird Collection - a Kent-based charity - consisting of 19,000 birds of…
A teacher who draws these amazing whiteboard history portraits like that of the late Queen Elizabeth II says that the visual stimuli helps kids today to retain information better. https://youtu.be/hST95tIdDlk @pinceladadehistoriaoficial/Newsflash Sofia Gonzalez Gil, 36, a teacher from Malaga province in southern Spain's Costa del Sol, began to draw themed…
A search is underway for a suspect who whitewashed history by painting a 5.000 year-old-menhir completely white. Menhir's started appearing in the middle Bronze Age and are most commonly found in western Europe, in particular in Ireland, Great Britain and Britanny, where there are about 50,000 examples. Britanny was also…