Scientists have discovered a tortoise belonging to a species thought to have died out 100 years ago.
A man who stopped his car to rescue a kitten was stunned to discover that it wasn't alone.
This rather unexpected discovery was recently made by scientists who were studying mice behavior in a lab.
A neutron star with an anomalously slow rotational speed has been discovered in a stellar graveyard.
Astronomers in Australia have discovered a strange radio source and nobody knows what it could be.
A new type of flying reptile from the age of the dinosaurs has been unearthed in the Andes mountains.
Data from the Hubble Space Telescope has highlighted a discrepancy with regard to the expansion of the cosmos.
Published in 1698, the book offers a unique look into how people from the time perceived the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
Prof Roger Jones - who works at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern - looks at the future of physics discoveries.
A treasure hunter is suing the late Forrest Fenn's estate claiming that the treasure had been repeatedly moved.
Researchers aboard the research vessel Nautilus have discovered something unusual at the bottom of the ocean.
The enormous cephalopod was recently discovered washed up along the shoreline in Kommetjie.
The find could fundamentally change our understanding of ice flows and future sea level rise predictions.
The unorthodox primate is believed to be a cross between two other (distantly related) species.
Astronomers are gearing up to announce something new about our galaxy and it has the potential to be pretty significant.
Scientists have discovered evidence that Jupiter's icy moon Europa is home to shallow pools near to its surface.
Scientists have revealed the discovery of the world's largest known crown jellyfish and it looks decidedly alien.
After a three-year hiatus, the iconic atom smasher is preparing to begin a new era of scientific discoveries.
Scientists have found signs of a historical earthquake so large that it produced a tsunami 5,000 miles long.
The enormous comet is thought to have a nucleus 50 times larger than would normally be expected.