The Hainan Gibbon, of which only a few dozen still survive, has received a welcome and unexpected boost.
Surveyors working on a vineyard in northern Italy have discovered a remarkably well-preserved Roman mosaic.
A very unusual bear has been captured on film in Banff National Park in Canada's Rocky Mountains.
One realtor in California has come up with a unique way of generating interest in a house that's up for sale.
The effects of climate change have sparked a bloom of microscopic algae across the Antarctic peninsula.
Sightings of unidentified lights north of Rio de Janeiro last week managed to spark quite a ruckus online.
A ghostly costumed figure has been scaring residents into staying indoors in the Indian village of Odisha.
Archaeologists have unearthed a mysterious 19th-Century tunnel hidden beneath a station in Denmark.
In direct contrast to their depiction in the Jurassic Park movies, velociraptors were not actually pack hunters.
Back in 1976, several reports of a large owl-like creature sparked a legend that continues to endure to this day.
Melting ice in Norway has revealed a long-lost Viking-era mountain pass brimming with archaeological discoveries.
A Cambridge University worker has photographed a large wildcat with 'big claws' in his garden.
Scientists have found a way to determine how old whale sharks are using the fallout from atomic bomb testing.
The Humboldt squid has evolved a novel solution to the problem of communicating in the depths of the ocean.
Silent footage filmed during the Second World War shows a site connected to Britain's Enigma codebreakers.
A remarkable new AI system has been designed that can read what someone is thinking and turn it into text.
New research has revealed that the Neanderthals were no stranger to catching and eating sea creatures.
A surprising number of people in countries all across the world believe that they have been abducted by aliens.
This week marks the 70th anniversary of an intriguing UFO event that took place in Farmington, New Mexico.
A curious ring of smoke floating high above Disneyland, California was picked up on camera earlier this month.