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Russian coins can be surprising versatile tools.
crime

Found: A Pickpocket's Coin, Used for Ill-Gotten Gains

In 18th-century Russia, a two-kopeck coin could be worth much more than face value.
Natasha Frost May 18, 2018
A mysterious "globster" spurs intrigue and horror for residents of Oriental Mindoro.
animals

Found: A Mysterious 'Globster' Washed Ashore in the Philippines

The unidentified marine carcass has made the beach rather unpleasant.
Christina Ayele Djossa May 18, 2018
The 432-million-year-old fossilized stem is one of the oldest and largest ever found.
prehistoric

A Czech Museum's 432-Million-Year-Old Plant Sprouts Surprising Information

A new look at the fossil shows plants of the era may have been greener and more vascular than we thought.
Christina Ayele Djossa May 8, 2018
Real or not, Saint Clement's bone is a glorious find.
found

Found in the Garbage: A Supposed Bone of a First-Century Pope

Behold this holy trash.
Christina Ayele Djossa May 4, 2018
The now exposed horse skeleton is ready for documentation.
animals

Found: An Ancient Horse Skeleton in a Utah Backyard

The 15,000-year-old find dates back to the Late Pleistocene age.
Christina Ayele Djossa May 2, 2018
The red front door of St. Michael's.
churches

Found: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Coffin in a Wine Cellar

The poet's remains were rediscovered in London earlier this week.
Anne Ewbank April 13, 2018
The slaughterhouse dates back to the 1800s.
archaeology

Found: A 19th-Century Slaughterhouse Beneath a Former Nightclub

An abattoir was lurking under a popular student haunt in Edinburgh.
Christina Ayele Djossa April 13, 2018
The mummified monkey in question.
mummies

Found: A Mummified Monkey in the Ceiling of a Department Store

Thanks to the sleuths in a Facebook group, we may even know how it got there.
Cara Giaimo April 13, 2018
"The Condor," from above.
archaeology

Found: Giant Drawings of Warriors, Etched on Peru's Desert Hillsides

They were discovered with drones.
Cara Giaimo April 6, 2018
<em>Leningrad</em>, 1979.
soviet history

30,000 Hidden Images Reveal the World of a Soviet-Era Photographer

The secret trove of film and negatives, stashed in a Russian attic.
Anika Burgess April 2, 2018
A photo of one of the footprints (left) and a digitally enhanced image of it (right). The toe impressions and arch indicate that it is from a right foot.
archaeology

Found: 13,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Off Canada's Pacific Coast

They support a hypothesis that early people followed a coastal migration route into North America.
Christina Ayele Djossa March 28, 2018
Now complete, the ancient artifact shows Hatshepsut's face.
ancient

Found: An Ancient Depiction of Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut

A broken artifact sat in storage for over 20 years before an expert spotted the queen on it.
Christina Ayele Djossa March 26, 2018
The USS <em>Juneau</em>, in New York Harbor.
exploration

Found: The Wreck of the USS Juneau, Where 5 Brothers From Iowa Died

An incredible St. Patrick's day discovery.
Natasha Frost March 21, 2018
Have you seen this duck?
found

Found: A Giant Inflatable Duck, Lost at Sea

How do you lose a house-sized duck?
Christina Ayele Djossa March 19, 2018
The femur and tibia bones of a pterosaur.
reptiles

Found: Fossilized Pterodactyls With 30-Foot Wingspans

These prehistoric reptiles reigned over the skies 66 million years ago.
Christina Ayele Djossa March 16, 2018
Last one in's a guano stain!
found

Found: A Secret Penguin Supercolony in Antarctica’s Danger Islands

Good news for the future of Adélie penguins.
Vittoria Traverso March 2, 2018
A composite showing how Picasso's <em>Bust of a Woman</em> would have looked. Not pictured: the rest of the USF campus.
architecture

Found: Details of Picasso's Plan for His Most Massive Work of Art

"Bust of a Woman" would have soared 100 feet over Tampa.
Vittoria Traverso March 1, 2018
Sandro Botticelli's <em>The Birth of Venus</em>.
paintings

Found: The Earliest Depiction of Breast Cancer, in Renaissance Paintings

The disease may have been relatively common in the 16th century.
Vittoria Traverso February 28, 2018