First dug in 1922, the Piusa Sand Caves extend more than 12 miles into the earth—and provide habitat for about 4,500 hibernating bats. bit.ly/4dvQ8rJ

Discovered in the summer of 2019, the Ses Fontanelles wreck likely ran aground sometime during the fourth century. bit.ly/3wnUGzO

Archaeologists in Narbonne, France, have unearthed a Roman necropolis containing nearly 1,500 burials that provide an intimate look into an ancient society’s funerary practices. bit.ly/4busn1h

The mummified creature is helping to heal the rift between the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in people and the miners and scientists who came to their lands. bit.ly/4dw4bgO

The Enterprise model had been missing for decades when it reappeared in an eBay listing last fall. bit.ly/3wlPJHN

A newly discovered structure in France could be thousands of years old—and its odd shape is one of a kind, archaeologists say. bit.ly/3UpXgx8

Named for its stallion-like silhouette, the iconic Horsehead Nebula lies roughly 1,300 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Orion. bit.ly/3Uxh9SR

The era of color-coded political parties is more recent than you might think. bit.ly/3UxHn7J

A journey to the heart of New Guinea’s Asmat tribal homeland sheds light on the mystery of the heir’s disappearance there in 1961. bit.ly/3WyfqPU

On May 6, 1937, the German airship Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into flames in Lakehurst, New Jersey, while the airship was landing. bit.ly/3y8ku3r

A rare Caravaggio painting, which was once misattributed with a shockingly low price tag of $1,800, will go on display at the Prado Museum in Madrid. bit.ly/3JQk3NS

Found in the northern Sinai Peninsula, this multi-room structure may have housed Thutmose III’s troops over three and a half millennia ago. bit.ly/4bnY1xy

A new course University of Hawaii at Manoa rethinks historic preservation, having enrollees design digital twins of notable structures so that people can experience them virtually. bit.ly/3ygbGZa

Across various species and regions, bumblebee nests thrive between 82 and 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit—and climate change could make it harder to find habitats in that range. bit.ly/3y92qWW

After carefully piecing her skull back together, archaeologists and paleoartists have created a lifelike 3D reconstruction of this Neanderthal woman’s face. bit.ly/3wfWI54

More than 1,000 sea lions gathered at San Francisco's Pier 39 last week, marking the largest congregation of the marine mammals at the city's Fisherman's Wharf in about 15 years. bit.ly/3QAnY5b

Last week, scientists with the Asteroid Institute and the University of Washington announced they have identified 27,500 new asteroid candidates—including about 100 near-Earth asteroids that pass close to our planet’s orbit—in 2024 alone. bit.ly/4dwFMI0

In 2012, a member of the Hindenburg ground crew shared his recollection of the infamous disaster. bit.ly/4b14fng

Researchers are exploring whether intercropping—a technique of growing different types of plants in close proximity to one another—could be the secret to agriculture on the Red Planet. bit.ly/3Uwroa1

Summer is just around the corner, and Smithsonian NMNH has a suite of events lined up to welcome the new season and learn more about the natural world. bit.ly/44vOl1O