The pterosaur fossil discovered on Scotland's Isle of Skye shows that flying reptiles grew to great sizes more quickly than previously believed.

STONES, BONES, AND WRECKS
Were they all executed criminals, or were some decapitated after death (possibly to prevent haunting)? Researchers aren’t sure.
Stuffed with gold, silver, and precious jewels, these fabulous hoards were buried by people who forgot to retrieve them.
Over the centuries, relic fragments of what are said to be St. Nick’s bones have been acquired by an impressive number of churches around the world.
Stonehenge is there, of course. So are Iron Age farms, Bronze Age burial mounds, Industrial Age coal mines, and more.
The Sutton Hoo ship burial excavation was meticulously captured by two amateur photographers. Now, you can see their work online.
Not everyone is buried six feet under the verdant grass of a cemetery. Some choose to spend eternity at the bottom of the ocean or the top of a high rise.
The wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald isn't the only ship to have met an early end on the Great Lakes.
The skeleton, unearthed at an archaeological site near Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, had almost 800 injuries.
Sauropod dinosaurs are known for their impressive size—and Australia’s newly discovered species doesn’t disappoint.
Nobody made it out of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition alive. But now we know just how far one sailor got.
The Underground Railroad conductor honed her wilderness skills around the cabin her father built in the 1840s.
London's mudlarks hunt for treasures in the River Thames's tidal sands, finding everything from Roman pottery to human bones.
People have long believed that a 1954 cemetery relocation process in Clearwater, Florida, was incomplete. They were right.
The massive brewery uncovered in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos was capable of producing 5900 gallons of beer at a time.
A gold figurine unearthed by a metal detectorist in England turned out to be the centerpiece of King Henry VIII's long-lost crown.
Construction of a new park in Mayfield, Manchester, uncovered a bathhouse used by factory workers 150 years ago.
Last September, an unnamed bird-watcher found a trove of 1300 Celtic gold coins dating back to the 1st century CE.
Aztec peoples considered human sacrifice an integral, life-sustaining ritual, and the sacrificial skulls were prominently displayed.
It’s far from the first time an ancient mummy has been scanned, but this technology isn’t any old X-ray.
Henry VIII nearly lost his life while jousting in 1536. Now, archaeologists have located the site of the history-making accident.
The northern lights were spotted the night the 'Titanic' sank, and the solar storm that caused them may have contributed to the ship's demise.