Why Birds Are Anti-Aging Superstars
Despite their extreme lifestyles, avians can live remarkably long lives for animals their size. Wisdom the Laysan Albatross celebrated a big birthday last year, turning a whopping 70 years…
Why Birds Are Anti-Aging Superstars
Despite their extreme lifestyles, avians can live remarkably long lives for animals their size. Wisdom the Laysan Albatross celebrated a big birthday last year, turning a whopping 70 years…
Cardinals are beloved backyard birds. To attract more redbirds, fill these cardinal bird feeders with their favorite types of birdseed.
Despite being fairly common, cardinals can be a bit elusive. Cardinals often come to feeders as the sun is setting, when their red feathers are muted under low…
The cosmos will come to a close through a cold and lonely death called the Big Freeze.
The region surrounding Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s own supermassive black hole. Eventually, black holes will be the last remaining matter in the universe. The cosmos may never…
10 of the biggest birds on Earth
Discover what life is like for some of the biggest birds to roam the planet Some of the biggest birds on Earth can stand taller than any NBA…
Skull Island: Archaeologists Discover Over 100 Skulls At Aztec Site In Mexico City
The Aztecs ritually sacrificed people to appease their gods. They displayed the heads of their dead on enormous, cylindrical racks called tzompantli, constructed using rows of skulls mortared…
The Lost Egyptian City Of Thonis Heracleion Submerged for 1000 Years
Thonis Heracleion the Lost City: In 1987 maritime archeologist Franck Goddio founded the Institut Européen d’Archéologie Sous-Marine (The European Institute of Underwater Archaeology) in order to concentrate solely on…
6 of the World’s Most Dangerous Birds
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Headless Mummified Falcons Found in Egyptian Temple Suggests Ancient Ritual
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Egyptian temple with 15 mummified falcons, many of them headless and buried around a pedestal. The discovery suggests a previously unknown ritual performed…
Researchers find that membranes may have helped the building blocks of life come together.
(Inside Science) — Experts believe the building blocks of life first bumped into each other about 3.5 billion years ago. This serendipitous collision somehow helped form the first…
THE “OLDEST GOLD OF MANKIND” WAS FOUND IN THE VARNA NECROPOLIS
The “Oldest Gold Of Mankind” was found in the Varna Necropolis, on The Bulgarian Black Sea Coast In 1972, an excavator operator working in the industrial zone of…
Pensioner poisoned and killed 15 birds including protected red kites
The charges related to the reckless use of illegal poison resulted in the deaths of 15 birds, including five red kites. A PENSIONER has been convicted of killing raptors…