Skull find ends hunt for businessman
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Mystery deepens over the disappearance of Glasgow accountant as DNA tests identify remains.
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The FBI on Monday ended a three-week  excavation of a vacant New York City lot suspected of being a  mob cemetery after finding just two skeletons and abandoning  hope of unearthing more bodies.
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A 4,000-year-old clay tablet authorities suspect was smuggled illegally from Iraq was pulled from eBay just minutes before the close of the online auction, authorities said Tuesday.
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NEW YORK - Police and federal agents found remains of two people believed to be former Mafia captains after expanding excavation work at a Queens lot reportedly used by a New York crime family, authorities said.    Searchers had recovered bones and other tissue in a shoe, ribs, a partial jaw and teeth and two personal items that led investigators to believe they had the remains of Bonanno crime family captains Philip Giaccone and Dominick Trinchera, law enforcement officials familiar with the dig said Tuesday on condition of anonymity...
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Scientists believe they may have found the remains of an extinct species of ape that would be the last common ancestor humans shared with chimpanzees, gorillas and other primates during a dig in Spain.
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By Michael Grabell, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 9--Police and religious experts say that a pot containing a human skull, found near the bodies of a missing couple last week, appears to be a shrine of the Afro-Caribbean religion Palo Mayombe.
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PHILADELPHIA - A beloved pooch who had an arrow lodged in her skull had successful follow-up surgery Friday to remove part of the razor-sharp tip.  Alice, a shaggy, mixed-breed pet with green eyes, was romping around a 100-acre farm last month when she went missing.
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Police issue a fresh appeal for information about a 38-year-old businessman who disappeared a year ago.
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Archaeologists surveying a property earmarked for a Long Island housing development discovered an ancient skull.
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists shed new light on disputed skeleton findÂ· Bone analysis supports distinct species theory
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The skull of missing Andrew Ramsay is found in the Firth of Clyde more than a year after he was abducted.
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A North Sea fisherman has netted a gruesome catch: a piece of skull belonging to his missing friend.
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The arrest ended a nearly four-week search that began with a nighttime jail break and ended with two arrests in two countries within 24 hours.
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Investigators said a handgun recovered from the bottom of a Swedish lake is one of the most important finds in the 20-year-old search for the killer of Prime Minister Olof Palme &#151; an unexpected discovery that could breathe new life into a troubled investigation.
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Â· Englishman held after rescue off Irish coast Â· Roads sealed off in search for suspects in British cars
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An analysis of thousands of skulls shows modern humans originated from a single point in Africa and finally lays to rest the idea of multiple origins, British scientists said on Wednesday.
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The German man who found the remains of a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy in 1991 has gone missing in the Alps.