Author name: Karyn Fowler

Paleontologists recently discovered a 506-million-year-old “moth-like” predator that lurked in prehistoric Canada. In a press release from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), officials identified the creature as Mosura fentoni, an extinct anthropoid, as news agencies including SWNS reported. (See the video at the top of this article.)  The museum reported that most of the Mosura fossils […]

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by archaeologists. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery in a Facebook post, which was translated from Arabic to English, on May 3. Officials said that a recent excavation at the Tell Abu Sefeh site

Archaeologists uncovered disturbing details about a Pompeii family’s fight for survival during the destructive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced the recent excavation in a Facebook post in April. Researchers investigated the House of Helle and Phrixus in Pompeii, finding proof of “residents’ attempts to save themselves from the

Lukka Bradburn traveled to rural Japan last year to document abandoned theme parks — and was surprised by what he found left behind in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and after years of decline, according to news agency SWNS. Bradburn, a printer, explorer and father of two, came across the parks after

WARNING: This article contains graphic images. Reader discretion is advised. Researchers have uncovered the reason an “unusual” 18th-century mummy was preserved so well in Austria – and it’s highly abnormal. A study about the mummy was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine. The so-called “air-dried chaplain” is housed in the crypt of the

Pharaoh’s tomb discovered by archaeologists in Egypt Dr. Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator who is based in Philadelphia, recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: an unknown pharaoh’s tomb, dating back 3,600 years. (Credit: Josef Wegner for the Penn Museum) Swedish archaeologists recently found an “unusual” Viking-era coffin dating back over 1,100 years.  The discovery was announced

A daring endurance swimmer is taking it to the next level as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the film “Jaws.” Lewis Pugh, 55, will be swimming 62 miles around the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts with the water temperature predicted to be 47 degrees. “On this swim, it’s very different: We’re just talking

Little boy impresses dad by catching his first fish A little kid in Vonore, Tennessee, reeled in his first fish recently, to the serious delight of his dad. Adorable footage from Jaylon Beasley shows the moment his three-year-old son caught the fish all by himself after feeling a snag on the line. A West Virginia angler

Many Americans are planning to take to the skies to get to their destinations this summer. Ahead of the season, American Airlines announced that for the period between May 16 and Sept. 2, over 715,000 flights have been booked — with July 6 predicted to be the most-traveled day. American Airlines is looking to take

A well-preserved Ancient Roman wooden water pipe was recently uncovered in an unexpected place: the marshlands of Belgium. The discovery was announced by the city of Leuven, a city east of Brussels in Flanders, on May 7.  The pipe was uncovered during an excavation on Brusselsestraat, a street that runs through the central part of