A Shape With No Instruction Manual
A Shape With No Instruction Manual Archaeologists regularly recover ancient objects whose purpose is clear. Coins carried value and imagery….
The Star That Refused to Behave Normally
The Star That Refused to Behave Normally Most stars do not become internet mysteries. Astronomers observe them, measure their brightness,…
A Corroded Object From the Sea
A Corroded Object From the Sea In 1900, sponge divers discovered an ancient shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera….
A Fossil That Looked Almost Impossible
A Fossil That Looked Almost Impossible The Cambrian Period produced some of the strangest animals ever preserved in rock. More…
The Dinosaur That Looked Like a Weapon
The Dinosaur That Looked Like a Weapon Some dinosaurs are easy to understand at first glance. Tyrannosaurus rex had a…
A Whale That Did Not Hunt Like a Modern Sperm Whale
A Whale That Did Not Hunt Like a Modern Sperm Whale Modern sperm whales are already extraordinary animals. They dive…
A Creature from Before Familiar Animals
A Creature from Before Familiar Animals More than 550 million years ago, Earth’s seafloor contained life forms that remain difficult…
The Predator That Returned Too Quickly
The Predator That Returned Too Quickly Approximately 252 million years ago, life on Earth experienced its most devastating known extinction…
A Fossil That Refuses to Fit
A Fossil That Refuses to Fit Some prehistoric animals become famous because they were enormous. Others become famous because their…
The Claw That Revealed a Giant
The Claw That Revealed a Giant A fossil discovered in Germany changed the scale of one of Earth’s strangest extinct…