Earlier this year, there was an extraordinary declaration by Aussie officials that a wreck in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, was the Endeavour. The ship that carried Captain James Cook and botanist Joseph Banks for the Pacific voyage of 1768-71 became famous when Cook became the first recorded European to land on Australia’s east coast, and Banks went nuts in Botany Bay. The problem was the Americans in charge of the 22-year-long search project didn’t back the Australians’ claim, saying it was “premature”. And now experts say seaworms are eating through the wreck’s remaining timber – that’s an issue when 10-15% of the wreck remains… The Australian National Maritime Museum says it’s aware of the new report that the termites of the sea are threatening what’s left of what could be the Endeavour, and it hopes the Americans in charge of the site will protect it.