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The carcasses of the two giraffes belonged to a mother and her calf. The remaining white giraffe has not been seen for some time. Hirola Conservation Program/CatersOfficials from Kenya’s Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy confirmed the death of two rare white giraffes living in the park. Illegal poachers in Kenya killed two of the world’s last white giraffes: a mother and her calf. According to CNN, conservators at the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy (IHCC) in northeastern Kenya grew concerned when they noticed that they had not spotted the small unit of rare white giraffes that were living in the sanctuary for some time....

Marina Chapman says she was four years old when she was abandoned in the Colombian rainforest, where a family of capuchin monkeys adopted her and taught her how to survive. Chapman Family PhotoMarina Chapman learned how to climb trees, forage for food, and crack open nuts from a family of capuchin monkeys that raised her from ages five to 10. Marina Chapman thinks she was born sometime in the early 1950s, though she’ll likely never know for sure....

Authorities raided the Zide Door Church of Entheogenic Plants and seized $200,000 in cash and its stash of pot and psilocybin. Oakland Hyphae/InstagramPolice seized $200,000 and a stash of pot and magic mushrooms from the Zide Door Church in Oakland. Where else would you think to find a “cannabis church” in the U.S. other than in California? The Zide Door Church of Entheogenic Plants in Oakland has been operating as a haven for followers to congregate and ride the high of the Lord’s gospel — and the effects of cannabis....

A subsequent search of Robert William Pickton’s farm revealed DNA evidence of at least 26 women, all of whom had been reported missing. Getty Images Robert William Pickton In 2007, Robert Pickton was convicted of the murders of six women. In an undercover interview, he admitted to killing 49. His only regret was that he hadn’t gotten to an even 50. Pickton’s murderous streak began in the early 1990s while working on a farm outside of Vancouver, British Columbia....

The Game of Thrones series is superlative in many ways, from its status as the all-time most pirated TV show to its creator’s uncanny ability to kill off all the characters we hold dear. We would like to take a moment to add another item to the list of things at which the George R.R. Martin saga excels: inspiring fans to produce some truly stunning–and totally geeky–art. As we await our latest Game of Thrones fix (and of course, the return of Jon Snow), have a look at the series’ best artistic depictions below:...

We’ve already given you the year’s most important and most surprising photos, but 2013’s most incredible science photography shouldn’t be left out of the fold. From zoology to physics to astronomy to microbiology, we’re bringing you 2013’s best science photos: The Aurora borealis’ serene color palette as seen from the Arctic Circle. The ultra-technicolor adhesive pad of a ladybird beetle’s foreleg, brought to us by Jan Michels of Germany’s Institute of Zoology....

On May 25, 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. He was never seen alive again. Though it may now seem like a thing of the past, it wasn’t too long ago that thousands of children’s faces appeared on milk cartons across the U.S. under the bold black heading “MISSING.” Yet, despite the immense reach of the missing milk carton kids campaign, the fate of many of them remains unknown to this day....

In honor of the Fourth of July, we peek into history to track the evolution of the American Flag. These days, July 4th is all about barbecues, fireworks and a healthy dose of red, white and blue excesses. And as the most well-known symbol of U.S. patriotism, the American flag is often a prominent feature of Fourth of July parades and parties. Yet today’s flag has come a long way since the first design created more than two centuries ago....

New Mexico’s Lincoln County War only lasted a few short months in 1878, but this deadly clash between ranchers became one of the defining events of the Wild West. J. N. Marchand/Bettmann/Getty ImagesThe Lincoln County sheriff bringing Regulators to jail. The Civil War had barely ended before new fighting broke out on the frontier. But the Lincoln County War in New Mexico wasn’t your average war. Instead, it was an all-out gunfight between rival general stores and cattle ranchers....

Ancient Roman dagger unearthed, wall of human bones found in Belgian cathedral, 46,000-year-old bird discovered with feathers intact. Teenage Archaeologist Unearths Hunk Of Rust That Turns Out To Be An Ancient Roman Dagger Archaeology WorldThe ancient Roman dagger finally returned to its former glory after a lengthy restoration process. When 19-year-old archaeologist Nico Calman unearthed a chicken finger-like lump of rust at a dig site in Germany, he wasn’t sure exactly what he’d found....

Ancient phallus carving found at Hadrian’s Wall, Bronze Age funeral pyre uncovered in Italy, Roman “service station” unearthed in England. An Amateur Archaeologist Just Found An Ancient Roman Penis Carving At Hadrian’s Wall Vindolanda Trust“It looked from the back like all the others, a very ordinary stone, but when I turned it over, I was startled to see some clear letters.” Built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the second century C....

The massive Crazy Horse monument has been under construction in South Dakota’s Black Hills for more than 70 years and its completion is still many years away. Wikimedia CommonsThe Crazy Horse monument is 641 feet long and 563 feet high. The Crazy Horse monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota’s Custer City is a marvel to behold. Despite construction having begun in 1948, the cliffside tribute to the Lakota chief has yet to be completed....

Elom Agbegninou claims she became “very anxious” during the flight and “normally would not have done those things.” Nick Ut/Getty ImagesThe Southwest Airlines flight was going from Houston to Columbus, but had to make an emergency landing. A woman was arrested following an incident on a Southwest Airlines flight that forced the plane to make an emergency landing after she attempted to open the aircraft’s side door at 37,000 feet — and claimed that Jesus had told her to do it....

National Park ServiceTwo pieces of pottery recently found at the site of the former Roanoke Colony in North Carolina. Archaeologists at Roanoke Island, North Carolina have just found 400-year-old artifacts believed to be from the mysterious Lost Colony, the first English settlement in North America. Early this month, diggers at Roanoke with the National Parks Service’s Southeast Archaeological Center and the First Colony Foundation (FCF) uncovered several small pieces of Delftware pottery, a kind made in the Netherlands starting in the 16th century....

The 750-pound alligator was killed in Vicksburg, Mississippi in September and held two prehistoric Indigenous artifacts in its stomach — one of which continues to baffle experts. John Hamilton/FacebookThe animal was 13.5 feet long and was captured on Sept. 2 by John Hamilton. This year, Shane Smith, owner of Red Antler Processing in Yazoo City, Mississippi, made it a point to look inside the stomachs of alligators brought to him for butchering....

The process that’s required to train baby elephants to give rides to tourists is devastatingly cruel. Now, animal rights groups and travel agencies are taking a stand against this practice. Valletta Vittorio/AGF/UIG via Getty ImagesTourists are pictured riding elephants at the Mae Rim, Maetaman Elephant Camp in Thailand. Baby elephants in Southeast Asia have become subjected to the practice of international trafficking. This trafficking is feeding Thailand’s booming tourism industry, where one of the most popular tourist activities is taking a ride atop an elephant through the jungle....

The disturbed Dr. Victor Frankenstein had his real-life roots in Dr. Giovanni Aldini. When Giovanni Aldini was a child, he would watch his uncle, Dr. Luigi Galvani, perform experiments. For more than ten years, Dr. Luigi Galvani had devoted his studies to frogs. Specifically, dead frogs. He had studied the way that the legs of the unfortunate amphibians were connected, and realized that if stimulated with an electrical current, they twitched....

It’s unclear why the elephant targeted the woman, though wildlife officials say that elephants rarely attack without provocation. DeAgostini/Getty ImagesExperts say the elephant may have stuck around the area after trampling the woman, then either seen or smelled her corpse and sensed it as some kind of threat. For one wild elephant in India, it wasn’t enough to trample a woman who crossed its path. The elephant also returned to her funeral, knocked her body from her funeral pyre, and trampled her again....

The internet is crawling with funny animal photos, but these finalists in the 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are some of Mother Nature’s best. © Maureen Toft/The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2018 With everything from crippling wildfires to mass shootings and refugee crises, 2018 has been a rough year. Mother Nature, however, had our backs and supplied us with some funny animal pictures that prove there is still something to laugh about in these hard times....

George Fitzhugh was a slave-owner and sociologist who had some oddly egalitarian defenses of chattel slavery. Encyclopedia VirginiaGeorge Fitzhugh was one of the more radical writers of the Antebellum South. Modern audiences will usually find more than a few lines to cringe at when reading some of the views espoused by the pro-slavery Southerners in the Antebellum era. George Fitzhugh, a Virginia “pro-slavery intellectual,” voiced some particularly radical ideas. George Fitzhugh’s “Universal Law Of Slavery” Although George Fitzhugh said that “the negro race is inferior to the white race,” he viewed slavery as a practice that was more for the slaves’ own good than anything else....