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A New Butterfly Has Been Named After The ‘Lord of the Rings’ Villain
A genus of orange and brown butterflies that had been excruciatingly hard to define and separate has been called Saurona after the Dark Lord antagonist...
Scientists Discover Butterflies Originated in America 100 Million Years Ago When Upstart Moths Wanted to Bask in the Sun
Scientists completed a vast evolutionary jigsaw puzzle in 4D—and they discovered that butterflies originated in America around 100 million years ago.
They determined that it...
Greece Makes Hundreds of Beaches Accessible to Wheelchairs With Self-Operating Ramps into the Water
Describing access to the sea as an inalienable human right, Greek tourism authorities are retrofitting 287 beaches across the country with self-operating wheelchair ramps.
Self-operating...
Two Scholars Reveal Incredible Insights Into Floridian Natives Through Long-Lost Language Translations
Imagine a Classics department at a University where the historians never bothered to learn the Greek or Latin of the original texts and you'll...
Parrots Kept as Pets Were Taught to Video Call Each Other—and They Loved It
Over 20 million parrots are kept as pets in American households, and a study wanted to see if these social birds would enjoy video...
8th Annual Ocean Conference Raises $20 Billion, And Pledges For Marine Protection
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts
International delegates attending the eighth annual Our Ocean Conference in Panama March 2-3 have pledged billions to protect the world’s oceans....
Hidden Corridor Discovered Inside Great Pyramid of Giza by Non-invasive Imaging Tech
A new corridor measuring about 30 feet was discovered recently in the biggest of the three Giza Pyramids, the Pyramid of Khufu.
Images and videos...
Parisian Opera House That Inspired ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Becomes an Airbnb
For a limited time only, a Parison opera house box seat typically reserved for visiting dignitaries is being transformed into an Airbnb and priced...
Owl Escapes NYC Zoo But After Survival Instincts Kick-in Officials Give it Some Freedom in Central Park
On February 3rd, a jailbreak occurred in Manhattan—it was a Eurasian eagle owl named Flaco. Investigators don't know the identity of his vandal accomplice...
Hubble Captures Rare Event: Star Eaten By a Black Hole 300 Million Light Years Away (LOOK)
Black holes are gatherers, not hunters. They lie in wait until a hapless star wanders by.
When the star gets close enough, the black hole's...
Marine Archaeologists Recover Nearly 300 Artifacts from Finest Preserved Wooden Shipwreck
8 years after Arctic researchers discovered the lost wreck of HMS Erebus, the team has finally been able to see it with their own...
At Long Last, Paleontologists Find Remains of a Swimming Dinosaur—’a Cretaceous Cormorant’
Across the whole history of paleontology, which has identified more than 700 species of dinosaurs, there's never been one found with aquatic features—until now.
Natovenator...
Man Finding an American Lion Tooth Fossil in Shallow Mississippi is ‘the Biggest of Deals‘ to Scientists
Locals are discovering all kinds of weird things preserved in the mud of a drought-stricken Mississippi River, but the mandible and canine of an...
You Can Now Buy Ralphie Parker’s House From ‘A Christmas Story’
For years, people have been visiting a museum built in the house where the famous American holiday classic A Christmas Story was shot in Cleveland.
That...
Astronomers Find A Fluffy Planet With the Density of a Marshmallow
Astronomers have found a planet with the average density of a marshmallow.
Along with being a big softie, scientists found that the Jupiter-sized exoplanet would...
This Paint is So White it Reflects Heat So Humans Don’t Need as Much Cooling
A stunningly-white coat of paint could be used to reduce reliance on air conditioning, after it was demonstrated to reflect 98.7% of incoming sunlight.
Just...
Here’s an Interactive Map that Will Allow You to Plan a Precise Fall Foliage Road Trip
A Smokey Mountains tourist website has created an interactive map that allows you to see how the leaves change color across the United States.
While...
Imperial Moth Spotted With Name ‘Anna’ Spelled Out on its Back Below a Face
Put this in your file called, Mother Nature Did WHAT?
A 25-year-old woman was stunned to spot a face and the name 'Anna' appearing on...
The World’s First Boat Elevator Helped Turn Scottish Canals Into Green Veins of Joy
After more than a century of disuse, Scotland's old coal barge canals have been transformed into peaceful, green arteries of recreation and birdlife.
Part of...
Boy Asked Frank Lloyd Wright to Design Him a Dog House – And He Did
Designer of some of the most celebrated buildings in American history—including Falling Water and the Guggenheim Museum—Frank Lloyd Wright, as it turns out, helped...