The world famous naturalist described the creature as being 'the strangest animal ever discovered.'
The remains of two pretzels dating back 250 years were discovered beneath the floor of an old bakery.
The desert's Messak Settafet escarpment contains up to 75 prehistoric tools per square meter.
A video has appeared online showing what looks like a dodo in trail camera footage from Costa Rica.
An image of a 'mushroom cloud' on the Red Planet has caught the attention of conspiracy theorists.
The largest moon in the solar system is now thought to have more water on it than the Earth does.
Palaeontologists have uncovered the fossil remains of an enormous 480 million-year-old lobster.
Scientists have analyzed bottles of beer that were discovered in a wreck at the bottom of the ocean.
Australian Jarred Smith got the shock of his life when he ventured in to his kitchen to make some lunch.
An 18-month-old child was saved after rescuers discovered she was trapped inside a submerged car.
A very brief video clip has appeared online showing an object zooming at high speed over California.
Richard Shaw Burke had disappeared without a trace until scraps of his shirt turned up inside an octopus.
Two pilots are attempting to fly around the world in a solar powered airplane called Solar Impulse 2.
The strange saucer-shaped object was picked up on video as it passed over a residential area.
Scientists have revealed that Mars had so much water that it covered over half the northern hemisphere.
During the 1960s athlete Reg Spiers came up with an ingenious way to get home after running out of money.
The Iron Age prince was discovered along with his chariot at the center of a huge mound near Lavau.
An American airman has received compensation after suffering radiation poisoning during the encounter.
An amateur photographer has captured the moment a weasel hitched a ride on the back of a woodpecker.
A new census has revealed that the number of giant pandas living in the wild has risen by 17 percent.