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Hedgehogs have many admirers in Britain, but no one is sure how many there are.
animals

The Great British Hedgehog Census Is Prickly Business

To understand what's happening with the beloved critters, first you have to find them.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 14, 2018
A view of the Castleton Cold War Bunker looking towards the narrow bunk-bed.
bunkers

Descend Into Great Britain’s Network of Secret Nuclear Bunkers

And meet the determined enthusiast bringing them back to life.
Kate Ravilious September 11, 2018
Newark Castle Remains.
Newark-on-Trent, England

The Newark Castle Remains

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.
Some of the wall and ceiling panels on display.
Alnwick, England

The RMS Olympic Dining Room

This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.
Gastro Obscura

Cucumber Straightener

Victorians used this glass tube to keep their cukes from curling.
A watercolor painting of the iron cannons that make the ship's preservation tricky.
science

Scientists Have Found a New Way to Keep Shipwrecks in Shape

Step one: acquire magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.
Matthew Taub August 21, 2018
Sailors stand in line, eagerly awaiting their allotment of grog.
food

Why British Royal Navy Sailors Preferred Their Booze on Fire

The alcoholic “proof” system dates back to this centuries-old practice.
Abbey Perreault July 25, 2018
Archaeologists have unearthed what are probably the only surviving examples of Roman-age boxing gear at Vindolanda, in northern England.
sports

Found: A Pair of Boxing Gloves From 2,000 Years Ago

The leather items are considered to be the only surviving examples from the Roman era.
Vittoria Traverso February 20, 2018
London has a lot of green space, but it is often subdivided in ways that aren't hedgehog-friendly.
animals

London Wants Its Hedgehogs Back

How do you make a city more hedgehog-friendly? Step 1: Drill some holes.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 15, 2018
The prehistoric artistic implement.
art

Found: A Mesolithic Crayon

Ochre red was a popular color choice in prehistoric England.
Vittoria Traverso January 30, 2018
A hearty "click, whistle, squeak" to England's first known resident pod of bottlenose dolphins.
dolphins

Found: England's First Resident Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins

A "dolphin census" proved that they weren't just on holiday.
Vittoria Traverso December 20, 2017
Ceramics, glassware, and clay pipes found at the site of an 18th-century coffeehouse in England.
food

Found: The Remains of an 18th-Century English Coffeehouse

Archaeologists think that calf's foot jelly was its signature dish.
Vittoria Traverso December 18, 2017
A map of the "summer aromas" of Newport, Rhode Island.
maps

Learning About Cities by Mapping Their Smells

The U.K. artist Kate McLean is trying to preserve our olfactory memory.
Vittoria Traverso December 8, 2017
Sir Isaac Newton was an avid wall drawer.
science

Found: A Hidden Drawing in Sir Isaac Newton's Childhood Home

The famed scientist was known for his habit of using walls as sketchpads.
Vittoria Traverso December 8, 2017
An undercover photographer working for the Home Office captured Suffragettes in the yard of Holloway Prison.
museums

Untold Stories of England's Militant Suffragettes

An upcoming exhibition surfaces artifacts from the movement’s hidden history.
Vittoria Traverso November 29, 2017
The ditch overlooks Pegwell Bay, a shallow inlet that may have been used as a landing site by Roman ships.
military history

Found: The Site Where Julius Caesar May Have Landed in Britain

Is this Rome's first beachhead in the Isles?
Vittoria Traverso November 29, 2017
The cauldron enclosure near the end of the excavation.
rites and rituals

Found: 11 Iron Age Cauldrons and More Metalwork in an English Field

They're evidence of a long tradition of ceremonial feasting.
Vittoria Traverso November 28, 2017
The short-snouted seahorse may now be resident in the River Thames.
rivers

Found: Rare Seahorses Living in the River Thames

A recent spike in seahorse sightings is more evidence of a river revival.
Vittoria Traverso November 16, 2017