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The confluence of two rivers in the Amazon.
animals

Found: 381 New Amazon Species

Pink dolphins and orange-tailed monkeys were hiding in the forest.
Sarah Laskow August 31, 2017
We're talking seriously big.
dinosaurs

Found: Amazingly Well Preserved Bones of Giant Flying Reptiles

Pterosaurs were so big!
Sarah Laskow August 30, 2017
A snippet of text from a palimpsest page found at Saint Catherine's.
libraries

Found: Hidden Examples of Long-Lost Languages in Centuries-Old Palimpsests

New imaging techniques are revealing texts that were erased hundreds of years ago.
Sarah Laskow August 29, 2017
The Icythyosaur fossil.
museums

Found: The Largest Fossil Ever of an Ancient 'Sea Dragon'

It was pregnant, too.
Sarah Laskow August 28, 2017
Alan Turing wasn't America's biggest fan (sculpture at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park).
computers

Alan Turing in a Newly Discovered Letter: 'I Detest America'

The father of modern computing had no intention of attending a conference in the United States.
Eric Grundhauser August 25, 2017
One of the burials found at the pyramid.
pyramids

Found: The Remains of Chinese Laborers Interred on a Peruvian Pyramid

In the 19th century, 100,000 indentured laborers came to Peru from China.
Sarah Laskow August 25, 2017
Mont Blanc.
glaciers

The Remains of 3 More Long-Missing Hikers Have Been Found in the Alps

For the third time this summer, melting Alpine glaciers have revealed the fate of missing hikers.
Sarah Laskow August 24, 2017
Fresh crabs in spiced soy sauce.
mummies

Found: A Perfectly Preserved Sac of Fluke Eggs on a 400-Year-Old Mummy’s Liver

In the 17th century, delicious fresh crab dishes had certain dangers.
Sarah Laskow August 24, 2017
boats

Found: A Fluffy Monkey Scientists Last Observed in the 1930s

A team on a houseboat found the Vanzolini’s bald-faced saki in a Brazilian forest.
Sarah Laskow August 23, 2017
Kelly holds the diamond in her hand.
geology

Found: A Diamond, Where Gold Was Supposed to Be

Since the 1850s, gold miners have found about 600 diamonds in California.
Sarah Laskow August 18, 2017
Searching for very old ice.
news

Found: Ice From 2.7 Million Years Ago

That's 1.7 million years older than the previous oldest ice ever found.
Sarah Laskow August 17, 2017
animals

Found: A Puma Under the Desk

It may have been seeking refuge from wildfires.
Erik Shilling August 16, 2017
food

A Lost Diamond Engagement Ring Reappeared on a Carrot

"I recognized it right away."
Erik Shilling August 16, 2017
The tag of one of the suits.
news

Found: Authentic NASA Spacesuits in the Corner of a Thrift Store

Two college students bought six of them for $1.20.
Sarah Laskow August 16, 2017
An ostracod.
science

Found: Tiny Shrimp Hiding in Hot Springs

Also, snails smaller than a grain of sand.
Sarah Laskow August 15, 2017
He found a bottle like this one, labeled morphine.
drugs

Found: A Very Unusual Time Capsule

Usually you'd expect pictures or a note. Not morphine.
Sarah Laskow August 14, 2017
The llama's face.
news

Found: A Llama on the Lam

A brief story about a lost animal, a tweet, and a homecoming.
Erik Shilling August 11, 2017
Fruit cake found at Cape Adare thought to be from Scott's Northern Party (1911)
exploration

Almost Edible, 106-Year-Old Fruitcake Found in Antarctica

Even the original owners didn't want to eat it.
Natasha Frost August 11, 2017