This episode explores the eerie question: how does an entire civilization just disappear? From thriving cities to complex ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Ancient Nubians who lived between the 7th and 9th centuries tattooed the cheeks and foreheads of their infants and toddlers.

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

London, UK - 18 Dec, 2025 - A little over two thousand years ago, an unusual star was seen in the skies above Jerusalem, ...

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in Antarctica - the polar explorer whose classified 1947 diary described impossible temperate valleys, disc-shaped aircraft, and warnings from mysterious humanoid figures.

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

These out-of-place artifacts, or OOPArts, are surprising for their place and time — but there's an explanation behind each ...

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...