Classic Croc Surprises Scientists
Archaeologists have discovered the fossil of a crocodile ancestor which boasts a number of unique attributes that set it apart from its modern-day kin...

Archaeologists have discovered the fossil of a crocodile ancestor which boasts a number of unique attributes that set it apart from its modern-day kin...
With a solar flare/coronal mass ejection hitting the Earth's magnetic field on Tuesday, the resulting geomagnetic storm triggered auroras in the northern skies across Europe and North America. Pictured is an image taken by Travis Novitsky in Minnesota. More photos...
One of Linda Moulton Howe's reports tonight concerns anomalous orange-yellow moving lights photographed at the site of a crop formation in Warwickshire, England over a period of 30 seconds...
Scientists have calculated that there's a 1-in-1,000 chance that a large asteroid called 1999 RQ36 could hit the Earth, particularly 172 years from now. The space rock is 1,837 feet across and could cause widespread devastation upon impact.
Plastiki, a 60 ft. ship kept afloat by 12,000 plastic bottles, arrived in Sydney Harbor on Monday, completing an 8,000 mile journey from San Francisco. The boat, which set sail to raise awareness about the problem of plastic trash in the ocean, has a sustainable design...
Check out some of the items that have recently caught George Knapp's attention, including panoramic photos of Groom Lake/Area 51 (pictured), and articles about Marilyn Monroe's house going on sale, and the possible location of King Arthur's Round Table...
Despite the tremendous difference in size, these two salmon are actually the same age. The larger one, however, had its growth accelerated via genetic engineering...
A dog has been reunited with his owner after being blown into the sky by a "Wizard of Oz" like storm. Lucky, as he is now known, was swept up by a strong wind still in his dog house, and later found 20 miles away, shaken but okay. More at Orange.co.uk.
Conservationists from the UK are scouring the Dominican Republic with the hopes of finding the elusive Solenodon, a strange-looking creature...
Check out some of the links that have recently caught George Knapp's attention, including a photo essay of the Gulf oil spill, an editorial on skepticism, an article about a crop circle (pictured, photo by Lucy Pringle/PIN) based on a mathematical formula, and a survey on trucker UFO sightings...
Check out some of the links that have recently caught George Knapp's attention, including stories about a strange creature that washed ashore in Ontario, and UFO hacker Gary McKinnon's (pictured) extradition reprieve...
A massive hail storm hit Oklahoma this week, pummeling the Sooner State with lumps of ice as large as baseballs. A newly posted home video shows the giant hail stones slamming into a backyard swimming pool. View the amazing footage at FoxNews.com.
Streamlink members are invited for a Live Chat with our special guest, investigative reporter Linda Moulton Howe, tonight at 8pm PT/11pm ET. Join us in the Chat Room for a fascinating discussion on Earth mysteries, UFOs, and other topics...
It was thirty years ago today that Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted, after it was set off by an earthquake. The gigantic explosions were heard hundreds of miles away, entire forests were flattened, and 57 people lost their lives...
A number of items have caught George Knapp's attention recently including, Jill Tarter's TED speech on the search for extraterrestrial life (pictured), psychedelics being used to help the terminally ill...
Residents in five Midwestern states were shaken by the sight of an enormous fireball that streaked across the night sky on Wednesday evening. While the National Weather Service is uncertain as to what exactly caused the phenomena, they suspect it may have been a meteoroid entering the atmosphere, since the Gamma Virginids meteor shower is in the midst of a 48 hour window of peak activity. More on the story, including video of the fireball from a number of different angles, at CNN.com.
This curiosity is but one of a vast array of taxidermied animals, both real and hand-crafted hybrids, soon to go up for auction in the UK. The oddities were part of a museum on the Isle of Wight since 1945 and the precise origins of the pieces remains shrouded in mystery. The collection boasts 250 pieces, including seven lions, three zebras as well as a number of bizarre creations like a cat with wings and a unicorn. More on the story here.
Via a program dubbed 'Crittercam,' new insights are being discovered about the feeding patterns of the endangered Australian sea lion. One such finding is how the animal feeds on larger prey...
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has been picking up mysterious patterns on its radar system, with shapes described as "red stars, rings of fire, and white doughnuts." The Bureau, while acknowledging the anomalies...
Submerged beneath the surface of a reservoir for the last 25 years, a church in Venezuela now sits on dry land again, due to a severe drought in that country...
Photographer Greg Huglin captured this stunning photo of dolphins surfing a giant wave off the coast of South Africa...
Two reptiles at the Blue Planet Aquarium in England have been taught to recognize their names...
A mysterious pink snow left residents of Hilltown, Pennsylvania scratching their heads just hours before the arrival of 2010. Police Officer Matthew Reiss even contacted the Federal Aviation Administration to see if the rose-colored substance could have fallen from an airplane. Further investigation revealed the pink snow, also known as 'watermelon snow,' was likely caused by an algae called Chlamydomonas nivalis.
Check out some stories and links that George Knapp referenced during Sunday's show...
While this image looks like something you would expect to see in deep space, it is actually from a recently released video of an underwater volcano erupting...
Octopuses off the coast of Indonesia have become media sensations as a result of their remarkable talents recently captured on film...
Project ExtInked is a British venture which hopes to raise awareness of threatened species...
The U.S. Navy has begun using specially trained sea lions in their post-9/11 fight against terrorism. A Californian sea lion named Gremlin recently displayed his underwater minesweeping skills...
This bizarre crustacean is just one of an astounding 850 new invertebrate species discovered by scientists in Australia. Exploring the country's subterranean cavern system...
Art Bell and family are currently in the middle of a violent Tropical Storm that has hit the Philippines.