An OAP who discovered a treasure trove of 200-year-old coins in her back garden has had to move out of town over safety fears. Hundreds of gold and bronze coins dating from Brazil's colonial and imperial periods over 200 years ago were found in the back garden of an unnamed…
Chinese scientists have discovered the fossil of a 500 million-year-old insect with a head resembling rabbit ears. The fossil of the ancient phantaspis auritus was found in the city of Weifang in the central-east Chinese province of Shandong. According to the newspaper Global Times, the insect, which lived around 500…
A well-known Chinese fossil expert did not have to look far for his latest discovery after realising that a polished floor tile in a government building contained a 20 million-year-old sea snail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00offyulzHY&feature=youtu.be Wang Yu/Newsflash Fossil researcher Wang Yu, who also blogs about fossil hunting, spotted the prehistoric snail on…
These incredible underwater images show a French Navy jet fighter lying 7,874 feet beneath the sea after it disappeared 60 years ago. The plane was discovered by chance during a scientific mission involving teams from Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) and the French Navy. Researchers came…
A water stain that has taken the shape of the Virgin Mary has appeared in a Colombian bakery’s car park and local residents have been flocking to see the wall damage to pray for protection from COVID-19. The Virgin Mary stain was first noticed by the bakery’s security guard in…
