A massive hailstone weighing over a kilo has been confirmed as the largest ever recovered in the United States.
Marine experts have been examining a new photograph taken of an alleged sea creature off the coast of Devon.
Japan's oldest man at 111 years old was found to have been dead for 30 years and mummified in his own bed.
A rare shrimp that could be the oldest animal species on the planet has been found alive and well in Scotland.
A very rare lobster has been found off the coast of England with a peculiar chequered black and red pattern.
Letters from an airliner that crashed on Mont Blanc 60 years ago have been found and reunited with their recipients.
Remains of the largest rat every to walk the planet have been discovered in a cave in East Timor.
The largest ever known molecules the size of footballs have been detected in cosmic dust around a distant star.
In a way akin to Twitter aliens could have been sending us short messages for years according to scientists.
The Horton Plains slender lori has been photographed for the first time having been believed to be extintinct.
Glaciers on Mount Everest have been shrinking over the last 80 years according to new photographs of the region.
A newly discovered dinosaur has been named mojoceratops due to its spectacular bone frill.
A miniature telescope has been developed that can be implanted in to the eye to help the visually impaired.
A species of wild cat has been documented mimicking the calls of monkeys to help it hunt them down as prey.
A black hole has been observed blowing a massive bubble of hot gas 1000 light-years across.
A peculiar toad with five legs has been discovered by a dog walker on a nature reserve.
A genetic test has been developed that could determine where your ancestors came from to within five miles.
The first ever image of the entire universe has been put together from pictures taken by Europe's Planck telescope.
Prehistoric rock engravings may have been a primitive form of cinema according to researchers.
An experimental remote-controlled robotic fish has been accepted by a wild shoal as one of their own.