A forensic artist has pieced together the appearance of a woman who was once imprisoned for witchcraft.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of an 18ft sea monster dating back to the Jurassic Era.
Researchers have been able to trace the first ever recorded solar eclipse back to the time of the pharaohs.
50-year-old Nikki Love managed to run an entire marathon every single day for more than two months.
Marine archaeologists have discovered the earliest known example of an astrolabe navigation tool.
Albert Einstein's handwritten notes on the secret to living a happy life have resurfaced after 95 years.
Authorities have been investigating a recent 'attack' on a number of protected 200-year-old trees.
Diver John Craig had been spear fishing off the coast of Western Australia when the incident occurred.
Solar observations made by a satellite were interrupted this week when the Moon made a sneaky appearance.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the skeleton of a meat-eating dinosaur dating back over 76 million years.
A new study in Germany has suggested that we are born with an innate fear of snakes and spiders.
The surprising find has the potential to completely rewrite everything we know of early human history.
A new study has highlighted a huge reduction in the number of flying insects in Germany's nature reserves.
An intriguing optical illusion has been leaving social media users scratching their heads this week.
The search giant has developed an artificial intelligence capable of learning without human intervention.
A prehistoric species of bird that preened itself like a flamingo has been discovered in Germany.
An extinct species of fanged kangaroo survived five million years longer than previously believed.
A clip of the high-pitched sound that US diplomats have been hearing in Cuba has been uploaded online.
The Chinese space agency's Tiangong 1 space laboratory will hit the ground within the next few months.
The enormous supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park could erupt with only a few years' warning.