The legendary robbers Schinderhannes and Schwarzer Jonas were executed by guillotine in Mainz in 1803. In 1805, the first ...

Schinderhannes’ skeleton has since been removed from the Anatomical Collection of Heidelberg University for conservation ...

Schinderhannes is a nickname for Johannes Bückler, a criminal who was born sometime in 1779 in Germany, to a family of ...

A ‘skeleton-like’ figure with fins on a UK beach has sparked wild theories on the internet, with many calling it a creature of extraterritorial origin. An unassuming beach day for two ...

For centuries, scientists believed that only the elite were buried in pyramids. But a surprising recent discovery of ancient skeletons has thrown that idea into question. In a new study, researchers ...

While they were part of the dinosaur clade called theropods that included all the meat-eaters such as Tyrannosaurus and Spinosaurus, therizinosaurs preferred plants on their menu.

Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund. University of Otago provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. University of Otago provides funding as a ...

What actually was the biggest dinosaur? - Zavier, 14, Tauranga, New Zealand. Great question Zavier, and one that palaeontologists (scientists who study fossil animals and plants) are interested in ...

Call it a UFO: an unidentified floating object. Beachcombers were baffled over a creepy, “skeleton-like” figure with fins that washed ashore in the UK, as seen in viral photos making waves online.