The Tollund Man was c. 30-40 years old when he died by hanging c. 405-380 BCE. He wasfound in 1950 in a bog c. 10 km west of ...

CNN — (CNN) — About 5,200 years ago, a man’s life ended violently in a peat bog in northwest Denmark. Now, researchers have used advanced genetic analyses to tell the unexpected story of ...

Peat comes from wetlands (bogs) filled with partly decayed vegetation. The waterlogged conditions and acidity in these bogs prevent vegetation from decaying fully after death.

The ancient peat bog of Lindow Moss in Cheshire hid a dark and gruesome secret for almost 2,000 years. But on 1 August 1984, a peat cutter spotted the astonishingly well-preserved remains of an ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, the wetlands are under threat.

Two bison skeletons preserved in a peat bog near Frazee are now part of a new exhibit at the Becker County Museum.

Over thousands of years, decaying plants in wetland areas formed the bogs. In drier, lowland parts of Ireland, dome-shaped raised bogs developed as peat accumulated in former glacial lakes.

Liam Gorman, Silverwood, Mountmellick, Co Laois, has been repeatedly ordered by the court not to trespass on the 400 acre Garryowen Bog, Tinnahinch, ...

Researchers used advanced genetic analyses to piece together the surprising life of “Vittrup Man,” who was killed and left in a peat bog in Denmark 5,200 years ago.

The Lindow Man was one of the most significant archaeological finds in the history of the region The ancient peat bog of Lindow Moss in Cheshire hid a dark and gruesome secret for almost 2,000 ...