New evidence suggests that dogs may have been man's best friend for far longer than previously thought.
Prehistoric stone tools predating the human genus have been unearthed in a dried-up riverbed in Kenya.
Local folklore in Southern England tells of a mysterious humanoid creature covered in hair and leaves.
Leigh Erceg was left a changed woman after surviving terrible injuries sustained in a fall down a ravine.
Stephen Hawking believes that intelligent robots could be on course to destroy human civilization.
Sudama Devi has maintained her peculiar diet for over eight decades yet remains in perfect health.
The soprano had been set to become the first professional singer in space later on this year.
New photographs have provided important new clues to help solve the riddle of the mystery bright spots.
A man has sneezed out a toy dart that had been stuck up his nose for more than four decades.
Astronauts on a manned mission to Mars could first use its moon Phobos as a staging area.
Anthropologists believe that they have identified the oldest samples of human skin ever discovered.
One fisherman got more than he bargained for when he hooked a trout while fishing near Milwaukee.
Explorer George Kourounis has become the first person to descend in to Turkmenistan's infamous fire pit.
Scientists have succeeded in identifying red blood cells inside a man frozen in ice for over 5,000 years.
The famous geoglyphs in Peru may have been created by at least two different groups of people.
The enormous fish, which grows up to 36ft, is believed to have sparked many legends about sea monsters.
A sparrow-sized flying dinosaur with wings resembling those of a bat has been unearthed by scientists.
Significant quantities of the metal have been found inside the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent.
A woman who had been filming the eruption also recorded an object that had appeared in the sky nearby.
A case is set to be brought to the New York State Supreme Court to argue that chimps are 'legal persons'.