"Hal didn't know where it had come from, but every time the moth-eaten monkey with the strange yellow eyes clashed his cymbals, jang, jang, jang… somebody died. An irresistible urge had made him turn ...

But a new study of the most complete skeleton of the species known to exist has answered many questions about the enigmatic critter — first described in 1883 by famed paleontologist Edward Drinker ...

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KHAO SAM ROI YOT NATIONAL PARK, THAILAND—Thai PBS World reports that Thailand’s Fine Arts Department announced an extraordinary discovery—the oldest human skeleton ever found in the country.

The remains of a human skeleton have been discovered in the garden of a bungalow while the homeowner tried to landscape his garden. The grim discovery was made by a man giving his backyard a ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- For Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands, the collection of the biggest skeleton medals is complete. Bronze at the Beijing Olympics in 2022, silver at the world championships two ...

High in the Himalayas, the bones of several hundred mysterious people lie scattered around a small lake, earning it the nickname Skeleton Lake. Since its discovery by a forest ranger, this eerie ...

Kimberley Bos, of The Netherlands, is embraced after her run during fourth run at the skeleton world championships, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson ...

And the more gruesome it is, the better. The figure behind the killing spree is a grotesque toy monkey (you know the kind), with a giant snarl, a drum, and a key at the back. Once it is turned and the ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Matt Weston finished 15th in men's skeleton at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, something he considered wildly disappointing. He's been the best in the world ever since.

Human skeletons were found along the shores of Roopkund Lake, India. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 Researchers have determined that skeletons found at Roopkund Lake in the Himalayas, India, ...