The world's largest aircraft, the Airlander 10, has crashed while landing in a field after a test flight.
A huge snakeskin measuring 12ft in length has been found near Riverbank Park in the US state of Maine.
A 50,000-year-old sewing needle made from bone has been discovered during a dig at a cave in Siberia.
A huge pearl weighing in excess of 34kg is set to be officially recognized as the largest of all time.
A Bosnian pine tree located in Greece has been identified as the oldest living tree on the continent.
Mammoths could be granted a special protected status to stop their tusks being used as an ivory source.
A mysterious deer-hide manuscript from Mexico has revealed a series of hidden storytelling images.
Palaeontologists have unearthed a particularly impressive T. rex at Montana's Hell Creek Formation.
A rather unpleasant fate befell unsuspecting commuters driving in rush hour traffic earlier this month.
Hindu monk Swami Sivananda has attributed his extreme longevity to a combination of yoga and celibacy.
The previously unidentified species would have thrived in sub-arctic marine waters 25 million years ago.
Scientists have allegedly discovered a potentially habitable planet within a neighboring star system.
New data revealed by NASA has shown that global temperatures have been reaching record levels this year.
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a huge circle of timber posts just two miles from Stonehenge.
These carnivorous ocean-dwellers are now thought to be the longest-lived vertebrates on the planet.
A strange object spotted beyond the orbit of Neptune appears to be going around the sun in reverse.
A sudden and intense period of solar flare activity almost triggered a nuclear apocalypse back in 1967.
The man responsible for the infamous hoaxed skull has finally been exposed more than 100 years later.
A new study in Florida has suggested that lazy people may be more intelligent that those who are active.
Archaeologists have been trying to decipher magic spells inscribed on small rolls of gold and silver.