The mystery of a missing British explorer ship which disappeared in the Arctic in 1845 has been solved.
Environmental officials have been left perplexed after dozens of grackles appeared to fall ill en masse.
The $1 billion space probe is set to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to the Earth.
A near-complete ichthyosaur fossil found in Scotland is finally getting the attention it deserves.
New research has revealed that we are actually able to detect six, rather than five distinct tastes.
A rather shaky video filmed in Adelaide Hills earlier this year allegedly shows a live Tasmanian tiger.
The Rosetta spacecraft has finally managed to locate its companion probe on the surface of comet 67P.
Wildlife conservation authorities have downranked the giant panda's endangered status to 'vulnerable'.
Dubious footage of a gigantic disc-shaped object filmed in Malaysia has gone viral online this week.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has identified what appears to be an ice volcano on the dwarf planet's surface.
Six scientists have been living in a dome for the last year in an effort to simulate a mission to Mars.
An asteroid that was discovered only last week narrowly missed hitting the planet a few hours later.
The universe could be filled with primordial black holes which pass through us once every 1,000 years.
The breathtaking spectacle saw three waterspouts appearing at the same time above a lake in China.
Scientists believe that an early human ancestor discovered 40 years ago died after falling out of a tree.
Scientists in Australia have identified a tiny marsupial lion which went extinct 18 million years ago.
Scientists have found a new way to determine a person's appearance by analyzing samples of their DNA.
New research has determined that Blackbeard wasn't quite as bloodthirsty as history would suggest.
The people of Cormorant, Minnesota have once again voted for a dog called Duke to be their mayor.
The discovery of an Earth-like world around Proxima Centauri has spurred on efforts to send a probe there.