The man had been combing the wilds of Victoria, Australia in search of the oft-sought precious metal.
It is now thought that the world-famous Renaissance maestro may have been born of an Italian slave named Caterina.
Kristina Desgres and Rodrigo Velasquez have been battling the courts in a bid to give their baby the rather unusual name.
One University of Louisville computer scientist has been exploring possible ways to escape to the 'real world'.
Scientists believe that they have definitively proven that the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua was not an alien spacecraft.
Researchers now believe that the extinction of the thylacine occurred much more recently than the 1930s.
Police in Atizapan de Zaragoza have reportedly been investigating sightings of a large creature in the water.
The fire that tore through the iconic Parisian landmark was undoubtedly devastating, but there has been a silver lining.
Scientists have been studying an incredibly well-preserved bear that was found in the Siberian permafrost.
Scientists had been looking for evidence of active volcanism on the surface of Venus for years.
NASA has published images of the spacesuit that astronauts will be wearing when they next set foot on the Moon.
Scientists have been left scratching their heads over images of a peculiar phenomenon on the surface of Mars.
An optical illusion that has been doing the rounds for years has resurfaced once again on social media.
Scientists have determined what causes a distinctive honeycomb pattern to form on the surface of natural salt pans.
Former BBC producer Simon Holland believes that he may have found an explanation for the famous 1990 UFO photograph.
The grainy, black-and-white images show what appears to be a thin, cylindrical object flying over the city of Baghdad.
A woman from Chicago suffers from a severe form of pica - the abnormal compulsion to consume non-food items.
A rare and fascinating species of jellyfish has been spotted during recent efforts to explore the seas of the Antarctic Peninsula.
The find, which has been described as 'very important', could in fact be the first of many such discoveries.
Police are warning tourists to stay away from an irate, conspiracy-driven Muppet that has been spotted in Santa Cruz.