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Brutal murder in 1908 that inspired 'Twin Peaks' is still a cold caseAuthorities never found the killer of a young woman whose homicide inspired the story of doomed Laura Palmer. A new book pieces together clues about her murder.
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Ancient 'hangover prevention' ring found in IsraelArchaeologists recently discovered a ring set with a purple stone, possibly an amethyst, that may have been worn to prevent the pain of a hangover.
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Fowl play? 'Bird of the Year' winner in New Zealand contest is a batNew Zealand's long-tailed bat recently earned a very unlikely accolade.
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An asteroid barely missed Earth last week, and no one knew it was comingAsteroid 2021 UA1, a space rock about the size of a refrigerator, made a surprise appearance when it recently flew past Earth.
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Critically endangered condor chicks are species' 1st known 'virgin births'Genetic analysis recently showed that California condors can reproduce asexually.
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Are these ancient ruins in Honduras the legendary 'White City'?Filmmakers documented the expedition to a remote part of the Honduran rainforest in La Mosquitia.
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Henry VIII's favorite ship has a bacteria problem, and now scientists have ID'ed the culpritsAcid attacks from sulfur-producing bacteria could eat away at the preserved hull of a ship that was once the pride of King Henry VIII's armada, scientists recently discovered.
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'Lost extinction,' uncovered for the first time, claimed more than 60% of Africa's primatesMore than half of the species in five mammal groups went extinct in Africa about 34 million years ago, scientists recently discovered.
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Blackened mummy cake found intact 79 years after WWII air raidA cake that was scorched by WWII-era bombs — but remained intact — was recently discovered by archaeologists in Germany
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Triassic dinosaur with giant 'murder feet' wasn't so big after all, scientists findThe footprints of a Triassic dinosaur in Australia convinced scientists that the animal was a giant carnivore, but a new analysis proved otherwise.
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Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' are being sterilized because the population is out of controlContraception may be the only key to controlling a population boom in feral hippos living in Colombian rivers near Pablo Escobar's former estate.
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Siege of top-secret Area 51 began as a joke. Officials prepared to use deadly force in response.UFO enthusiasts who rallied in 2019 to invade Area 51 may have been joking about "storming" the base. But law enforcement officials took the idea very, very seriously.
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Rich medieval hipster was buried with his fancy beard combTwo graves that were recently excavated in an ancient impact crater in Bavaria, Germany, held high-quality goods that were unusual for burials in the Middle Ages.
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Meteorite crash-lands in woman's bed in CanadaA meteorite that landed in British Columbia crashed through a roof and narrowly missed hitting a woman who was asleep in her bed at the time.
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Leprosy identified in wild chimpanzees for the first timeLeprosy, a disease that was previously unknown in non-human primates in the wild, has been detected in two unconnected populations of chimpanzees in West Africa.
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Infamous 'Lizard King' of Florida nabbed in turtle heistFederal prosecutors charged a man with illegally harvesting wild turtles to sell commercially, which is illegal in Florida.
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Michigan boy finds 'dragon's tooth' that belonged to a mastodonA boy stumbled upon a mastodon molar while on a nature walk in Michigan.
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Burial that included a racy love goddess inscription held multiple peopleNew analysis of bones in the Tomb of Nestor's Cup revealed a surprising discovery: Long thought to be the burial of a child, the tomb instead held the remains of at least three adults.
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William Shatner 'AI' will chat with you about the 'Star Trek' actor's lifeConversational video technology enables AI-powered back-and-forth between viewers and prerecorded responses.
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Melting permafrost in the Arctic could release radioactive waste and awaken sleeping virusesThawing permafrost driven by climate change could free decades-old radioactive material, antibiotic-resistant microbes and unknown viruses that have been frozen for millennia.
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Human skull fragments found in massive boneyard in hyenas' lava tube caveIn the Umm Jirsan lava tube, the longest such structure in Saudi Arabia, scientists discovered piles bones belonging to animals that hyenas devoured there for thousands of years.
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'Mad Max'-like dust storm envelops Brazilian city in cloud of doomUnusually hot and dry conditions fueled a dust cloud and birthed a rare sandstorm of massive proportions.
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Cicadas: Facts about the loud, seasonal insectsCicadas are winged insects that are known for their cyclical lifespans and loud choral songs.
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Dead humpback whale that beached in New York had human-caused injuriesA whale that was found belly-up on a New York beach likely died of injuries caused by interactions with people.
