The dinosaurs' total domination of our planet may have played a major role in their eventual demise.
The ship tasked with locating the wreck of flight MH370 went dark for several days and nobody knows why.
Scientists have identified a species of long-tailed proto-spider dating back over 100 million years.
A code used by a Spanish king to communicate with his top military commander has finally been deciphered.
Visitors to the French seaside resort of Nice have been left puzzled by the hole's sudden appearance.
The diminishing Arctic sea ice is making it almost impossible for polar bears to satisfy their energy needs.
100 million-year-old dinosaur and mammal tracks have been found at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
A prominent US scientist has claimed that a human-chimp hybrid was created in a laboratory in the 1920s.
A 14-year-old orca named Wikie has succeeded in imitating some of the words spoken by her trainer.
Archaeologists have discovered a red crayon that would have once been used to color animal skins.
A photograph taken at Eynsford Castle in Kent, England appears to show a mysterious cloaked figure.
A prehistoric jawbone unearthed in Israel's Misliya Cave is believed to date back up to 200,000 years.
A new experiment has revealed that mosquitoes are able to remember when a person tries to swat them.
The possibility of nuclear war has pushed the Doomsday Clock one more step closer to midnight.
Scientists have identified an area of Australia that broke away from North America 1.7 billion years ago.
The 'Tolkienesque' landscape is made up of 26 underwater volcanoes buried beneath seabed sediment.
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the relationship between two 4,000-year-old mummies.
Just like the oceans here on Earth, Titan's hydrocarbon seas and lakes lie at an average elevation.
An acrylic painting purchased from an antique store has earned itself something of a haunted reputation.
The Kilopower project has developed a type of miniature nuclear fission reactor for use on other worlds.