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The preserved tick, full of blood.
insects

Found: An Ancient Tick Preserved in Amber With Fossilized Mammal Blood

There’s a reason why this sounds so much like the beginning of Jurassic Park.
Sarah Laskow April 4, 2017
The moment the larger squid strikes!
horror

A Squid-on-Squid Ambush

Behold the horrors of the open ocean.
Eric Grundhauser April 3, 2017
The entrance to the seed vault illuminated at night.
news

The Svalbard Seed Vault Just Got a New Vault Neighbor

This time, it's for data.
Erik Shilling April 3, 2017
A Wharram Percy bone showing knife cuts.
zombies

Found: First Evidence in England of Burning Dead Bodies to Keep Them From Rising

In medieval times, belief in revenants was widespread.
Sarah Laskow April 3, 2017
news

Humans Teamed Up to Rescue Elephants From a Large Hole

The animals were trapped in a very muddy bomb crater.
Cara Giaimo April 3, 2017
Just headed off to coding class.
bears

Is This Montana Bear Carrying a Laptop?

The video is inconclusive.
Eric Grundhauser March 31, 2017
The note.
science

Found: A Note Sent Into the Air by Balloon in 1987

It was discovered more than 300 miles away, three decades later.
Sarah Laskow March 31, 2017
Let's kiss!
dinosaurs

Tyrannosaurs Might Have Enjoyed Making Out Before Sex

Does first base go back longer than we think?
Eric Grundhauser March 30, 2017
churches

The Mysterious Carving at the Church Where JFK Got Married

It was uncovered during an organ restoration.
Erik Shilling March 30, 2017
dinosaurs

Why Were These Dinosaurs Crossing the Thames?

Just a couple of mystery carnivores, out on the town.
Cara Giaimo March 30, 2017
The jeans!
wild west

Found: Unworn Levi's From 1893

They're worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Sarah Laskow March 30, 2017
news

Just an Unsettlingly Large Chicken Egg

It's almost a half of a pound.
Erik Shilling March 29, 2017
How do you fly, little guy?
science

The Strange Way Mosquitoes Fly

And still annoy you.
Eric Grundhauser March 29, 2017
subways

A Basketball Was Stuck On an NYC Subway Track for Three Weeks

The Times is on it.
Cara Giaimo March 29, 2017
A lone male tiger patrols his territory in the forests of Eastern Thailand.
parks

Found: A New Population of Endangered Tigers

Including six cubs!
Sarah Laskow March 29, 2017
Can a kangaroo survive on the mean streets of Detroit?
animals

A Kangaroo on the Streets of Detroit

From the Exotic Pets file.
Eric Grundhauser March 28, 2017
news

Caught: A 50-Pound Carp in the Middle of Los Angeles

Well done, Eddie.
Cara Giaimo March 28, 2017
Portrait of Eddie Barnes and Ed Murphy, Lobster Fishermen, Bay View, N.S.”
art

Found: A Maud Lewis Painting in a Thrift Store Bin

An unknown benefactor donated a work by one of Canada's most famous folk artists.
Sarah Laskow March 28, 2017