A 4,000-year-old skeleton from an ancient Bronze Age shepherd has been unearthed with an arrowhead still buried in one of his ribs. The discovery, in a prehistoric mountain graveyard in…
A parcel with a bizarre baby crocodile skeleton packed inside has been seized by customs officials in Germany. The tiny croc, measuring just 25 centimetres (9.8 inches) nose to tail,…
These pictures show the skeleton of a religious leader in a tomb where he had been laid to rest some 3,000 years ago in what is now northern Peru. Local…
Archaeologists in China have unearthed what they believe to be the first complete skeleton of a giant panda in a royal tomb dating back more than two millennia. The skeleton-…
Archaeologists have discovered a skeleton thought to belong to a pre-Columbian indigenous hunter-gatherer society of which very little is known because they were nomads. The find, which has been described…
A huge T-Rex skeleton has fetched GBP 5 million at auction in Switzerland in what has been described as a first in Europe. The Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, understood to be…
The skeleton of an entire Tyrannosaurus rex will go under the hammer in Switzerland next month with an expected price of more than GBP 7 million. The skeleton - named…
Police in Spain have been left scratching their heads after a human corpse in almost skeletal state was found at a disused nursery. The grim find was made at a…
A zoo lion is so thin he looks like a walking skeleton has caused fury in animal lovers in China. Horrifying footage - filmed in Nanjing at Jinniu Lake Safari…
Human remains found five months ago in the Swiss Alps have been identified as an English hiker who went missing nearly 50 years ago. The preserved skeleton of the 32-year-old…