Laura Geggel

Killer whales can hunt and kill blue whales, according to three documented episodes in Australia.

Archaeologists have found three pendants from Holocaust victims at the Sobibor Nazi death camp in Poland over the past decade.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered two gigantic sphinxes depicting King Amenhotep III, the grandfather of King Tut.

Scientists in Antarctica have unexpectedly spotted a sub-Antarctic penguin breeding on the southernmost continent.

The reanalysis of slender gold and silver tubes found in a Bronze Age burial suggests that they were drinking straws.

Rumors are swirling after a Tyrannosaurus rex skull was spotted in the home of The Rock in a recent interview. But is it real or a cast?

Here's the science behind the bizarre sand pillars that formed on the shores of Lake Michigan.

A volunteer archaeologist discovered a stash of 41 "rainbow cup" Celtic coins dating to 2,000 years ago in Germany.

Archaeologists in China have discovered a rare 2,500-year-old piece of military equipment; an intricately-fashioned leather-scale armor that resembles the scales of a fish.

The discovery of four shark fossils with bite marks shows that ancient sharks attacked or scavenged each other.

Here's 10 discoveries we made about human evolution over the last year.

Here's what we've learned about dinosaurs in 2021.

The discovery of a semitrailer-size ichthyosaur from the early Triassic shows that these reptiles got big really fast, evolutionarily speaking.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a massive "garbage dump" at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor that is brimming with ancient offerings to a fertility goddess.

A dinosaur egg laid 70 million years ago reveals that embryos got "into position" before hatching, just like modern bird do.

During the last ice age, five mammoths — a baby, two juveniles and two adults — died at a "graveyard" in what is now the United Kingdom.

Here's why December's Cold Moon is the longest full moon of the year.

Two paddleboarders encountered a colossal sunfish in Laguna Beach, California.

Here's when Antarctica broke free of an ancient supercontinent.

Three gold tongues, belonging to a man, woman and child who lived in Egypt about 2,500 years ago, were found in two tombs.

Archaeologists in Cyprus found two tombs dating to the Bronze Age that contained 500 grave goods.

Photos from the solar eclipse on Dec. 4, 2021 as seen from Antarctica.

A chemical analysis of a medieval man's remains from the Scottish Highlands reveals he wasn't a local.

A scientific illustrator has made a facial reconstruction of a powerful woman who lived during the Bronze Age in what is now Spain.