Beachgoers at St Helena Bay were surprised to discover this giant cephalopod on the sand on Sunday morning.
If the universe is teeming with intelligent alien civilizations, then why have we yet to discover any?
Researchers have identified a gigantic Mayan ceremonial platform in Mexico dating back 3,000 years.
Archaeologists in China have discovered a strange brown liquid inside an ancient pot shaped like a swan.
An eagle-eyed Google Earth user has identified what appear to be several underground tunnel entrances.
Officials have announced that the vessel was found at a burial site on the Norwegian island of Edoya.
Scientists from Texas have identified the tiny fossil of a millipede that lived more than 425 million years ago.
The closest known extrasolar planet may also be one of the most Earth-like worlds ever discovered.
Surveyors working on a vineyard in northern Italy have discovered a remarkably well-preserved Roman mosaic.
Scientists in Australia have unearthed a gargantuan kangaroo and a giant lizard the size of a car.
A newly unearthed promotional video is thought to contain the last known footage of a live Tasmanian tiger.
A science experiment in Antarctica may have discovered particles from a universe where time runs backwards.
Researchers have identified four species of bizarre deep-sea worm that have been named after Elvis Presley.
Astronomers have identified a distant exoplanet with a size and orbit comparable to that of the Earth.
A magnet fisherman in England has reeled in a haul of 60 lead cubes inscribed with strange symbols.
Palaeontologists have discovered the fossil remains of a huge raptor dating back 70 million years.
Archaeologists have unearthed a mysterious 19th-Century tunnel hidden beneath a station in Denmark.
Researchers have discovered official records stating that a man in Iraq was killed by a meteorite back in 1888.
A new species of green pit viper has been discovered during an expedition to a remote region of India.
John Brayshaw was digging in his yard in Heckmondwike when he unearthed an entire 1950s Ford Popular 103E.