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'Ultimate Pokémon' Squirrel Evades the Eyes of Science

Photo: An illustration from 1898 shows the Zenkerella insignis. Credit: Joseph Smit They know it exists, thanks to eyewitness accounts and a handful of bodies found over time, but a squirrel in central Africa continues to elude biologists, who have yet to see one alive. Three new bodies, however, have at least given scientists a chance to sample its DNA for the first time. RELATED: Delmarva Fox…

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Water Fern Soaks Up Oil Like Green Sponge

For boaters and fishermen in the southeast United States, Salvinia molesta has become a big headache. It covers lakes and ponds with a thick mat of floating leaves that chokes out sunlight, robs the water of oxygen and kills aquatic life below. Originally from Brazil, the fern-like plant has been spreading west from Florida toward Texas, Arizona and California. Now, German researchers have found…

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Tiny bead from Bulgaria may be world's oldest gold artefact

It may be just a tiny gold bead – 4 mm (1/8 inch) in diameter – but it is an enormous discovery for Bulgarian archaeologists who say they have found Europe’s – and probably the world’s – oldest gold artefact. A 15-centigrams gold bead is pictured in village of Yunatsite, Bulgaria, August 8, 2016. The bead, found at a prehistoric settlement in southern Bulgaria, dates back to 4,500-4,600 B.C.,…

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Palace of Illyrian rulers discovered in Montenegro

Warsaw archaeologists discovered the first known palace of the Illyrian kings in Montenegro. “This is a great and cardinal discovery, which abruptly expands knowledge about the functioning of royal power in Illyria” – told PAP Prof. Piotr Dyczek. General view of the research area [Credit: P. Dyczek]Montenegrin Rhizon is a permanent part of the history of ancient Rome. Here set up the capital…

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Early Byzantine breakwater in Istanbul bulldozed

The breakwater of the ancient Theodosius Harbour has been broken into pieces by construction equipment, against a decision by the Istanbul Protection Council for its removal with scientific methods under the inspection of experts. Theodosius Harbour, the best known harbor of the Byzantine era, was discovered during archaeological excavations initiated by the Istanbul Archaeology Museum in 2004 in…

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Work resumes in ancient Parion

The teloneion or ‘customs house’ in Parion, an ancient Greek port city located in the northwestern Turkish province of Çanakkale’s Biga district, is being unearthed this season. Excavations at the ancient Greek city of Parion [Credit: Tarihi Yapılar]The head of the excavations, Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) Archaeology Department’s Prof. Vedat Keleş, as well as 12 archaeologists, one epigraph,…

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From Easter Island to Hawaii: Was there a Common Writing System used by Pacific Islanders?

Recently two tourists found engraved petroglyphs on a Hawaiian Beach. This was an important find because it suggested that the ancient Polynesians had a common writing system which was used from Hawaii to Easter Island. These inscriptions were accidentally found on the coastline at Waianae, Oahu Island by Lonnie Watson and Mark Louviere of Ft. Worth, Texas. The petroglyphs were only seen after…

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Did Darius Hijack the Persian Throne? Destroying Rebellion and Securing the Future – Part II

With the death of King Cambyses II, the Persian Empire was in a state of war and confusion over who was the rightful heir. Even though the populace agreed that Gaumata was the rightful heir to the throne, Darius, royal bodyguard, saw it differently and was strong enough to place himself upon the throne of Persia. But before Darius the Great could sit quietly and at ease upon his throne, he said:…

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Reconstructing Brain Surgery as It Was Conducted Around 3,000 Years Ago

A step by step academic investigation into how Bronze Age medics conducted trepanation operations in Siberia has been conducted based on a male skull found last year in the Nefteprovod II burial ground at Anzhevsky archaeological site, southeast of Kansk in Krasnoyarsk region. The ‘patient’ died at the age of between 30 and 40, and archeologists are confident the markings on the ancient bone…

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Coral Bleaching Seen Live on Video

Photo: Coral in the process of bleaching. Credit: Brett Lewis and Luke Nothdurft, Queensland University of Technology For the first time, video has detailed what happens to coral as it is bleaching, a behavior that often leads to death. This dramatic response, outlined in the journal Coral Reefs , can occur when coral is stressed out by too much heat. The video reveals that coral exhibits a…

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Is Louisiana Flooding Another Sign of Climate Change?

Photo: Residents use a boat to navigate through flood waters in Ascension Parish, La., on Aug. 15, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman The “1,000-year rain” that inundated Louisiana late last week dumped roughly 2 feet of water on some parts of the state, and it’s still causing serious flooding (from the National Weather Service’s River Forecast Center, here’s a map of the affected spots).…

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BMX Pro Lands Absurd 84-Foot Backflip

Things weren’t looking good for BMX pro Kevin Robinson ‘s attempt to set a world record for longest power-assisted backflip jump. It was threatening to rain over his setup. His first try resulted in a terrifying crash landing. But K-Rob was undaunted. He stood up, waved off the EMTs who brought over a gurney, and got back on his bike within 10 minutes, reports GrindTV . RELATED: Five Insanely…

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Birds Fly Faster as Flocks Get Bigger

While it might be easy to imagine that the more crowded a bird flock becomes, the slower the whole process must also become, the opposite turns out to be true. For the first time, it’s been proven that the bigger a bird flock becomes, the faster the birds that comprise it will fly. The discovery comes thanks to scientists from Sweden’s Lund University, who took a look at the flight speed of birds…

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Resurrected from Dead, Oryx Returns to the Wild

Photo: Scimitar-horned oryx reintroduced to Chad grasslands. Credit: John Newby, Sahara Conservation Fund Thirty years after the scimitar-horned oryx was driven to extinction in the wild, the desert antelope is back in its native Chad Sahelian grasslands after a dramatic reintroduction that was captured on video this past Sunday. The herd of about 20 — resulting from a successful captive breeding…

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4,000-Year-Old Stone Scalpels Found in Peru Shed Light on Ancient Medical Practices

A team of archeologists has unearthed a set of slate-stone instruments that are similar to scalpels. The artifacts are 4,000 years old and are believed to have been used by ancient Peruvian healers to make surgical incisions on patients. According to Manila Bulletin, the artifacts were discovered in the community of Papahuasi, Huanuco, on the left bank of the Huallaga River, 431 km north of Lima…

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Five things the ancient Greeks can teach us about medicine today The ancient Greeks are widely seen as having been the founders of Western medicine more than 2,000 years ago.

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