The Windover archaeological site is among the most significant bog body sites in North America. When scientists analyzed the ...

When most of us think of bog bodies, we think of northwestern Europe—Ireland, say, or Denmark. But North America has its peat bogs, too, and some of them contain the remarkably well-preserved ...

More than a thousand bog bodies and skeletons have come to light, and scientists now have the means to study the remains in such detail that they can, in a sense, resurrect these ancient people.

The long, shaggy fur is chestnut to brown on the upper parts of the body; silvery gray on the lower ... Weight varies from 21-33 g (0.7-1.2 oz). The southern bog lemming is resident of a large part of ...