The World Health Organization has highlighted the potential danger of a deadly, as-yet-unknown pathogen.
A new image of the long-dead Phoenix lander on Mars has shown that it has become coated in a layer of dust.
Scientists have determined what made the notorious Roman cave so deadly to those who ventured inside.
One of the last two untranslated Dead Sea Scrolls has finally been pieced together by archaeologists.
500 years ago, a deadly epidemic known as 'cocoliztli' killed nearly 80 per cent of the Aztec population.
Public health officials have been sent to investigate the mysterious deaths of four men in Kalasin province.
Diver John Craig had been spear fishing off the coast of Western Australia when the incident occurred.
A new study has suggested that the mind can still be active even after the body stops showing signs of life.
NASA has been exploring ways to protect astronauts from deadly radiation during future missions to Mars.
The ancestors of today's blue whales were deadly predators with rows of large, razor-sharp teeth.
Scientists at the University of Alberta have managed to recreate a relative of the deadly smallpox virus.
The Philadelphia-based company is hoping to bring brain-dead patients back to life using stem cells.
Wildlife authorities are offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who can help track down those responsible.
A family had to be evacuated from their home after a nest of spiders was found on a supermarket banana.
There is evidence to suggest that Viking longhouses were 'buried' by being covered in mounds of Earth.
Symbols found at Gobekli Tepe seem to confirm that a comet struck the Earth in the year 10,950 B.C.
The residents of Wharram Percy once burnt the bodies of the deceased to stop them turning in to zombies.
Matthew Mitchell was rushed to hospital after being bitten by a deadly funnel-web spider in Australia.
The cave, though previously looted of its scrolls, is the first to be discovered in more than 60 years.
Almost a century ago, 21 people were killed in Boston by a deadly and destructive tidal wave of syrup.