Samir Singh collapsed from exhaustion a tantalizing 36km from achieving his goal of 10,000km in 100 days.
The find brings the total number of distinct snake species in the British Isles from three to four.
The well-preserved skeleton of Sa-Nakht, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, shows clear evidence of gigantism.
Dinosaurs equipped with spikes and bony plates may have also employed camouflage to avoid predators.
A couple driving home in Connecticut recently were shocked to come across this highly unusual spectacle.
Astronomers have found an extrasolar world with what has been described as a 'glowing water atmosphere'.
Two priceless candlesticks that went missing years ago have suddenly turned up again in plain sight.
A new science video has revealed what the view is like inside the mouth of a gargantuan great white.
An exceptionally well-preserved Roman neighborhood has been unearthed in south-eastern France.
Some crew members have been complaining about 'negative energies' and are now scared of sleeping alone.
Archaeologists working at the Angkor Wat temple complex have discovered a 12th-century statue.
Yaphet Kotto, who starred in Ridley Scott's 1979 movie 'Alien', has had close encounters of his own.
An unseen individual in India has been reportedly going around cutting braids of hair off women's heads.
14-year-old Yana Tamocheva went missing while picking berries in Siberia's remote Krasnoyarsk region.
Saturn's mysterious moon Titan may be a lot more habitable than scientists had previously believed.
39-year-old Kristy Manzanares was killed on Tuesday during a murder mystery dinner show on a cruise ship.
A crane operator working on a construction site has recorded footage of a 360-degree rainbow.
The extremely rare find is one of only a few examples of conjoined twins ever seen outside of humans.
Alleged sightings of the cryptozoological creature have sparked concerns over the safety of local pets.
A new study has revealed that half of the atoms that make up our bodies have come from beyond the galaxy.