Two-year-old boy befriends a SKELETON named ‘Benny’ and takes the decoration everywhere he goes

‘It’s a little creepy… But he likes it’: Two-year-old boy befriends a life-size SKELETON named ‘Benny’ and takes the spooky Halloween decoration everywhere he goes By MailOnline Reporter Published: 16:23 GMT, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 14:30 GMT, 21 October 2020 Advertisement A two-year-old boy has struck up an adorable friendship with a life-size skeleton … Read more

Hilary Mantel calls for skeleton of ‘Irish Giant’ to be returned to his homeland

Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel has called for the skeleton of the 18th Century ‘Irish Giant’ currently held by the Royal College of Surgeons to be repatriated after he asked to be buried at sea. Mantel wrote The Giant, O’Brien, a fictionalised account of 8ft 4in Charles Byrne, who suffered from acromegalic gigantism and … Read more

Skeleton of an Allosaurus that prowled for prey around Wyoming set to fetch £1m at Paris auction

The skeleton of an Allosaurus which prowled for prey around Wyoming more than 150 million years ago is set to fetch around £1million at auction.  The rare fossil is on display at the Hôtel Drouot auction house in Paris, where it will be auctioned by Maison Binoche et Giquello on October 13. It was discovered in Johnson County, … Read more

Two-year-old’s favorite toy is a five-foot-tall Halloween skeleton

He’s my boo! Two-year-old’s best friend is a five-foot-tall skeleton that he insists his mom bring everywhere including the grocery store and park Abigail Brady’s son, Theo, has found new friend in the form of a skeleton, Benny  Theo insists on bringing his skeleton in the car to run errands or play at the park  … Read more

First complete dinosaur skeleton found 160 years ago finally studied

The world’s first complete dinosaur skeleton – found 160 years ago – has finally been studied and its position on the Jurassic family tree confirmed. Researchers from the University of Cambridge spent the past three years preparing a detailed description and biological analysis of the skeleton of the Scelidosaurus. This completes the work started by … Read more

Are these the remains of Irish rebel ‘Red’ Hugh O’Donnell? Skeleton found in ruined Spanish chapel

Spanish archaeologists believe they may have found the skeleton of the hero Irish chieftain ‘Red’ Hugh O’Donnell who fought fiercely against the English during the Tudor conquest of Ireland.  More than a dozen intact remains have been discovered this week in digging by the Hispano-Irish Association at La Capilla de las Maravillas (the Chapel of … Read more

4,500 year-old skeleton found in Germany in grave ‘lovingly bordered with field stones’

4,500 year-old skeleton found in German countryside grave ‘lovingly bordered with field stones,’ offering new insight on ancient burial practices Archeologists in the German countryside discovered a 4,500 year-old gravesite It contained the remains of a woman buried in a north facing fetal position The positioning is similar to that found in other sites across … Read more

Skeleton of a 300,000-year-old elephant with 8ft tusks is unearthed in Germany

An almost complete 300,000-year-old elephant skeleton with eight-foot tusks has been recovered from a former mine in Germany. The Eurasian straight-tusked elephant, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, died by the shores of an ancient lake before its corpse was scavenged by carnivores. Human ancestors are thought to have eaten from the carcass, as 30 small flint flakes and … Read more

Full fossil skeleton of a bizarre badger-like mammal unearthed in Madagascar 

A giant fanged mammal that lived at the time of the dinosaurs, has been discovered by archaeologists in Madagascar – and they’ve named it ‘Crazy Beast’. The two foot long seven pound creature had three huge curved front fangs, an unusual short, stubby tail and holes in its face – it lived 66 million years ago. … Read more

FDA approves osteoporosis shot that rebuilds bones at the same rate a teenager’s skeleton grows 

A new osteoporosis drug that can re-grow older women’s bones as fast as a teenager’s develop was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday.  An estimated half of women in the US will break a bone due to the devastating bone-loss disease that turns limbs brittle.  They are more at-risk than men … Read more