A previously unknown fossilised snail species has been discovered by archaeologists working on a railway construction site in Florida, and they have named it Carychium floridanum in honour of the…
A fossil believed to be a previously unknown species of snake with a well-preserved trachea has been discovered at a disused quarry in Germany. The Messel Pit which is near…
Scientists examining one of the few items to have escaped a devastating fire that destroyed a spectacular museum collection have discovered a previously unknown species of insect. The Brazilian National…
A hidden chamber believed to be protecting the actual burial chamber of King Cheops has been discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The secret hollow space was…
Scientists in China have discovered 100-million-years-old fossilised turtle footprints, including one ‘among the world’s best preserved’. The rare discovery was made at the Huanglonggou fossil site, located in the eastern…
Boffins in Germany have discovered a previously unknown genus of dinosaur that roamed Europe 200 million years ago. Researchers from the University of Tuebingen reanalysed a dinosaur skeleton found in…
This rare and previously unknown papyrus dating back thousands of years to Solomon's Temple has been repatriated to Israel where it is joining the country's collection of Dead Sea Scrolls…
Astonished scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of ant after scanning a 20-million-year-old block of amber. Researchers in Germany, France and Poland made the remarkable find after using micro-computed…
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of extinct amphibian that used its powerful sticky tongue to catch bugs. The species - named Chemnitzion richteri - used an ambush strategy…
Two previously unknown shipwrecks have been found near a famous Spanish galleon laden with an estimated USD 17 billion in gold that was sunk by the British in 1708. The…