Discover the Ancient Sea Scorpion with a Deadly Spiked Tail

Ancient sea scorpions belong to a group of large arthropods called eurypterids. These ancient animals are the largest arthropods in history. Their name…

Discover The Ancient Creature That Hunts Like a Shark and ‘Vacuumed’ It’s Prey

This ancient fish belongs to a genus that evolved during the Devonian period.  They evolved armored features, which reflects the meaning of their…

Discover the 3ft Giant Shrimp and Jellyfish Hybrid From 500 Million Years Ago

This animal belongs to the category of evolution’s apex predators. It existed at the start of the evolution of life on earth, about…

The biggest bug known to ever live. The Arthropleura Millipede predates dinosaurs and grew up to 100 pounds. This got to 9.84 feet long.

The Arthropleura was an arthropod commonly referred to as the most giant millipede of all time. It had only five species, and they…

6 Really Strange Things That Fossilized

1. Rare Behavior Trapped by an Avalanche Trilobites once flourished throughout the oceans. Their prolific nature gave them the name “cockroaches of the…

The Ki-64 “Rob”; Doubled Up Engines, Evaporative Cooling…What Could Go Wrong?

Aircraft designers have always wrestled with how to squeeze more performance out of the available powerplants and airframes and for those creating fighter…

The ME 209 I & II: Two Attempts to “Replace” the Luftwaffe Stalwart

OK, before I begin, I want to spell out that the designation “ME 209” was applied to two completely different aircraft. But as…

The Top 5 Fighter Aircraft The US Military Has Ever Operated

Over the course of history, world powers have worked relentlessly to build the best fighter aircraft. American manufacturers, such as McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed…

What Was America’s First Fighter Aircraft?

The United States currently, and for the foreseeable future, leads the world in military aviation. And nothing represents this better than this, the…

What Was the Fastest Piston Fighter Ever?

A little while back, I wrote an article/made a video about the Republic XP-47J and titled it “The Fastest Piston Engine Fighter Ever”.…

When the Big Cat Went to Sea – Forgotten Aircraft

The late 1960s was a bit of a rough period for the NATO carrier fleet…at least if you weren’t American. A number of…

Was This Deadly Dinosaur Also the Dumbest Ever?

Anybody who’s seen a dinosaur movie, flipped through a book about dinosaurs, or even driven past a dinosaur museum on the side of…