In August of 1984, commercial peat cutters working near Wilmslow, about a half-hour drive south of Manchester, England, discovered a dead body in the moss. The corpse was determined to be a 25-year-old man with a closely shorn beard and well-manicured nails. He had suffered two or three heavy blows to the head, and had
The bald eagle nest in Big Bear Valley has welcomed a new visitor. On Tuesday, cameras spotted an unknown adult spending time in the nest once shared by Jackie and Shadow. The new eagle was first seen last week, but returned on Tuesday for about 30 minutes to fiddle with a few sticks and pose
The four volunteers who lived and worked in a simulated NASA Mars mission for more than a year will exit their habitat on Saturday, Oct. 31, after 378 days of isolation in a facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Health and performance data collected from the simulation can help NASA develop methods
A technician inspects the large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission in this image released on Oct. 26, 2026. The sunshade structure, which stands 20 feet (6 meters) tall and measures 8 feet (2.4 meters) wide at its base, will keep the infrared space telescope cool as it searches for near-Earth asteroids and
Baby bears need to learn a lot during their first few summers—how to catch salmon, how to swim, how to climb trees, the importance of avoiding porcupine quills, etc. For one cub in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, learning how to play hide & seek was added to that growing list of skills. The United States
At first, the video seems to feature an empty habitat. There’s a crate filled with hay, platforms of various heights, and a ball hanging from a rope. Then a furry head peaks out from behind the crate. A few seconds later, a large wild cat bounds into view, rushing toward whoever is holding the camera.