A new study has revealed the amazing way in which fire ants cling together to form living towers.
Archaeologists have located the site of a gruesome structure that was built from hundreds of human skulls.
The Mexican government is hoping to use specially trained dolphins to save the vaquita porpoise.
The research has indicated that neonicotinoid pesticides are harmful to both honeybees and wild bees.
A major new study has revealed how cats went from wild animals to one of mankind's closest friends.
New research has indicated that unborn babies are already capable of picking out face-like shapes.
Today marks the 55th anniversary of the escape of three men from the 'inescapable' Alcatraz prison.
Germany's Wacken hard rock festival is set to use up so much beer that it is getting a dedicated pipeline.
Emma Adam had been out walking in woods near the town of Ashby when she encountered a large black cat.
80 years on from the disaster, the exact cause of the inferno that destroyed the airship remains unclear.
Astronomers have been analyzing the atmosphere of a Neptune-sized planet located 430 light years away.
Scientists have indicated that we may need to make some major dietary changes over the coming years.
A young solar system located a mere 10 light years away appears to be remarkably similar to our own.
An unknown individual in Virginia has been abducting pet cats and then returning them partially shaved.
A new discovery has indicated that the first humans arrived in the Americas much earlier than thought.
A species of caterpillar known to eat wax inside beehives has been found to eat plastic bags as well.
Homo naledi's brain may not have been as big as that of a modern human, but it was still sophisticated.
Researchers in Italy have located two undisclosed 'relics' that once belonged to da Vinci himself.
A large terrestrial planet located 40 light years away could be the perfect place to search for ET.
A team of researchers have located a live colony of huge prehistoric molluscs in the Philippines.