Almost a quarter of the world's electricity supply is now being produced from renewable energy sources.
Scientists believe that excess heat is currently being stored in the depths of the world's oceans.
Roboticists have developed a vast swarm of robots that can work together to form two-dimensional shapes.
Police officers swarmed Herefordshire's Crown Inn on Sunday in search of the stolen Nanteos Cup.
A farmer may hold the key to the disappearance of Victorian pilot Fred Valentich in October 1978.
Today marks exactly 45 years since Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on another world.
Swimmers and sunbathers ran for cover as huge chunks of ice the size of golf balls rained down on them.
The ocean turned a shade of black as up to 100 million fish swarmed the coastline off La Jolla.
The counter-intuitive revelation is in complete contrast to traditional concepts of color association.
Tibetans are believed to have obtained their resilience to high altitudes from the Denisovan people.
A new 3D imaging technique could finally determine whether the warriors were based on real soldiers.
A bewildered onlooker filmed the veritable tidal wave of ducks as they flocked down the road en masse.
Swarms of the flying insects have been descending on towns across the country in their thousands.
Researchers have developed advanced robotic arms similar to those used by Spiderman's nemesis.
Meteorologists in Albuquerque were left perplexed when several mysterious hits showed up on their radar.
Not only does it have 8 legs but it also appears to possess both male and female reproductive organs.
Subsiding land could prove to be a bigger threat to some large cities than rising sea levels.
The pair got more than they bargained for when they took to the waters of Iceland's Lake Myvatn.
The huge carnivore might have had a ferocious set of teeth but its arms were less than impressive.
Farmer Pat Murphy was shocked to discover that one new arrival was a cross between a goat and a sheep.