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Scientists Just Identified A Giant Kangaroo That Lived In Papua New Guinea 50,000 Years Ago

Scientists used to believe that the massive Nombe nombe was a relative of Australia's prehistoric kangaroos — but now they know it was a genus all its own.

By Leah Silverman • Jun 29, 2022

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Scientists Just Identified A Giant Kangaroo That Lived In Papua New Guinea 50,000 Years Ago

Scientists used to believe that the massive Nombe nombe was a relative of Australia's prehistoric kangaroos — but now they know it was a genus all its own.

By Leah Silverman • June 29, 2022

Archaeologists Just Discovered The 2,000-Year-Old Remains Of A Tortoise And Her Egg Beneath A Destroyed Shop In Pompeii

The tortoise likely sought refuge beneath the shop to lay her eggs and probably perished before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 27, 2022

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Archaeologists Just Discovered The 2,000-Year-Old Remains Of A Tortoise And Her Egg Beneath A Destroyed Shop In Pompeii

The tortoise likely sought refuge beneath the shop to lay her eggs and probably perished before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 27, 2022

Gold Miners In Canada Just Unearthed The Most Well-Preserved Woolly Mammoth Ever Found In North America

The baby mammoth, dubbed Nun cho ga, likely died more than 35,000 years ago, but she's so well-preserved that scientists can see what she ate for her last meal.

By Cara Johnson • Jun 27, 2022

Gold Miners In Canada Just Unearthed The Most Well-Preserved Woolly Mammoth Ever Found In North America

The baby mammoth, dubbed Nun cho ga, likely died more than 35,000 years ago, but she's so well-preserved that scientists can see what she ate for her last meal.

By Cara Johnson • June 27, 2022

Meet The Mako Shark, The Deadly ‘Cheetah Of The Ocean’ That Can Swim Up To 80 Miles Per Hour

Measuring up to 13 feet long and weighing at least 1,200 pounds, the shortfin mako shark is a formidable predator in oceans all over the world.

By Daniel Rennie • Jun 25, 2022

Meet The Mako Shark, The Deadly ‘Cheetah Of The Ocean’ That Can Swim Up To 80 Miles Per Hour

Measuring up to 13 feet long and weighing at least 1,200 pounds, the shortfin mako shark is a formidable predator in oceans all over the world.

By Daniel Rennie • June 25, 2022

Explore Aoshima, Japan’s ‘Cat Island’ That’s Been Taken Over By Felines

Once a thriving fishing village in southwest Japan, Aoshima is now home to only six humans but hundreds of cats, earning it the moniker of "Cat Island."

By Leah Silverman • Jun 25, 2022

Explore Aoshima, Japan’s ‘Cat Island’ That’s Been Taken Over By Felines

Once a thriving fishing village in southwest Japan, Aoshima is now home to only six humans but hundreds of cats, earning it the moniker of "Cat Island."

By Leah Silverman • June 25, 2022

The Bizarre History Of The Mongoose In Hawaii And Why Colonial Sugar Barons Are To Blame For The Havoc It’s Caused

Rich plantation owners in the 1880s were so desperate to combat the rats eating their sugarcane that they brought the mongoose to Hawaii — and the government still can't get rid of them to this day.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • Jun 22, 2022

The Bizarre History Of The Mongoose In Hawaii And Why Colonial Sugar Barons Are To Blame For The Havoc It’s Caused

Rich plantation owners in the 1880s were so desperate to combat the rats eating their sugarcane that they brought the mongoose to Hawaii — and the government still can't get rid of them to this day.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • June 22, 2022

Fishermen In Cambodia Just Caught A Massive Stingray Believed To Be The World’s Biggest Freshwater Fish

The giant freshwater stingray measured 13 feet long and weighed 661 pounds, beating the previous record by 15 pounds.

By Erik Hawkins • Jun 21, 2022

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Fishermen In Cambodia Just Caught A Massive Stingray Believed To Be The World’s Biggest Freshwater Fish

The giant freshwater stingray measured 13 feet long and weighed 661 pounds, beating the previous record by 15 pounds.

By Erik Hawkins • June 21, 2022

This Week In History News, Jun. 12 – 18

Mastodon tusk reveals evidence of bloody clash, mass grave of Iron Age frogs uncovered, 500-year-old skeletons found under Irish pub.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 17, 2022

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This Week In History News, Jun. 12 – 18

Mastodon tusk reveals evidence of bloody clash, mass grave of Iron Age frogs uncovered, 500-year-old skeletons found under Irish pub.

By All That's Interesting • June 17, 2022

Scientists Just Determined This Prehistoric Fish May Be The Earliest Known Human Ancestor

After more than a century of defying classification, this eel-like creature was finally placed in the evolutionary tree of life — potentially as the earliest-known ancestor of humankind.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 16, 2022

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Scientists Just Determined This Prehistoric Fish May Be The Earliest Known Human Ancestor

After more than a century of defying classification, this eel-like creature was finally placed in the evolutionary tree of life — potentially as the earliest-known ancestor of humankind.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 16, 2022

Hundreds Of Dead Blue Penguins Are Washing Ashore In New Zealand Every Day

The Department of Conservation has estimated that around 200 dead little blue penguins are washing ashore every single day as a result of rising ocean temperatures.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 15, 2022

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Hundreds Of Dead Blue Penguins Are Washing Ashore In New Zealand Every Day

The Department of Conservation has estimated that around 200 dead little blue penguins are washing ashore every single day as a result of rising ocean temperatures.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 15, 2022