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QUICK FACTSName: Memento MoriWhat it is: Table mosaicWhere it is from: Pompeii, ItalyWhen it was made: Circa 50 B.C.The stunning…

Bowerbirds create stages that make them look bigger to potential partners. Fish and butterflies can flash what looks like a…

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Researchers have spotted orcas in the Gulf of California repeatedly attacking and feasting on the livers of juvenile great white…

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Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as “dassies,” are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no discernible…

Archaeologists excavating in the French Riviera have uncovered a massive Roman cremation cemetery. Careful work at the site has revealed…