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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
A reconstruction of <em>Halszkaraptor escuilliei</em>, an amphibious dinosaur discovered in Mongolia.
dinosaurs

Found: A Dinosaur With Features Borrowed From Swans, Penguins, and Crocs

It's so unique that paleontologists initially doubted its authenticity.
Vittoria Traverso December 7, 2017
A slate whetstone found during railroad construction.
vikings

Found: A Runic Inscription on a Viking Whetstone

Experts in Norway are asking the public to help tell if it is a name or something more sinister.
Vittoria Traverso December 6, 2017
Two views of colorful but lethal: <em>Apheloria polychroma</em>.
forests

Found: A Millipede With 6 Colorways and a Cyanide Coating

A bright, shining example of "predator education."
Vittoria Traverso December 5, 2017
The cave system beneath Montreal's Saint-Leonard is much larger than once thought.
caves

Found: A New Ice Age Cave Network Below Montreal

Speleologists and cave enthusiasts are dying to see just how far it all goes.
Vittoria Traverso December 4, 2017
The pronking springbok on the reverse side of a Krugerrand.
mystery

Found: A Fortune in Gold Coins in a Box of Donated Food

At a retirement home in Germany, 109 South African Krugerrands in an unexpected place.
Vittoria Traverso December 1, 2017
mystery

How Did a Lobster Get a Pepsi Logo on Its Claw?

A satisfying explanation is elusive.
Vittoria Traverso November 30, 2017
video

This Camera Recorded Its Own Disappearance

Swept 350 miles across the sea, it would like to be reunited with its owner.
Cara Giaimo November 30, 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
A CT scan of a Mariana snailfish, featuring its dinner, a small crustacean.
oceans

The World's Deepest-Living Fish Is Surprisingly Cute

Meet the Mariana snailfish, the top dog at the bottom of the world.
Cara Giaimo 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
spiders

Found: An Electric Blue Tarantula and More Than 30 Other New Species

A rich month of species-finding in the Guyana rain forest.
Vittoria Traverso November 27, 2017
<em>Placida brookae</em> was named for diver and underwater photographer Brook Peterson.
presidents

Found: 3 New Sea Slugs That Were Victims of Mistaken Identity

One has been named after a former president who had a thing for marine conservation.
Vittoria Traverso November 22, 2017
Uniformly chopped dog bones from Krasnosamarskoe.
mythology

Found: Archaeological Evidence of Bronze Age Lupine Initiation Rituals

Dog sacrifice, lawless war-bands, and coming of age on the Russian steppes.
Vittoria Traverso November 21, 2017
Steller's sea cow was hunted to extinction fewer than thirty years after being described.
exploration

Found: The Massive Skeleton of a Steller's Sea Cow

A 17-foot-long sirenian emerges on a remote Russian island.
Vittoria Traverso November 17, 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
Reconstruction of <em>The Enchanted Pose</em> involving X-rays of the four works that were made from it.
paintings

Found: The Last Piece of a Jigsaw Masterpiece by René Magritte

The fourth and final part of a painting hidden under other paintings ends an 80-year mystery.
Vittoria Traverso November 15, 2017
The site of Gadachrili Gora.
ancient

Found: Biomolecular Evidence of the World's First Wine

Neolithic jars from Georgia contain residue of a tasting 8,000 years ago.
Vittoria Traverso November 14, 2017