All those bizarre creatures in your critterpedia exist — and are even stranger in real life.

It was nearly impossible to bury all the corpses that fell onto the battlefield, leaving some to say that their spirits still linger over a century later.

Earlier studies suggest that the Phoenicians who lived thousands of years ago in the Mediterranean produced large batches of wine to drink and trade with other cultures. This massive winepress proves it.

"I'm not a part of anything. Nothing. My brothers, myself, no one. We're invisible. They’re treating us just like they treated my grandmother."

Matthew Henson was part of the historic 1909 Arctic expedition that reached the North Pole, but because he had accompanied a white explorer, he wasn't recognized for his feat until decades later.

Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr. spent 30 hours treating the wounded at Normandy — all while enduring the pain from his own severe injuries.

The last captive Tasmanian tiger died in 1936, leading experts to believe that the thylacine had gone extinct. But recent sightings claim otherwise.

From an English spite palace to a Medieval getaway, see how time has ravaged these abandoned fortresses.

Amy Carlson, the 45-year-old "Mother God" of the Love Has Won cult, had been dead for at least four weeks before police discovered her mummified body.

The discovery of the text written on silk sheds light on the significant advances in medicine that led to the development of acupuncture in ancient China.

The giant water bug, aka the toe-biter, is a fierce aquatic predator found in freshwater habitats across the world that hunts turtles, ducklings, and snakes.