New research suggests we evolved from a primitive species of shark that lived 300 million years ago.
A team of astronomers from Japan believe they've observed a galaxy that is 12.91 billion years old.
Mammoths the size of a baby elephant roamed the Greek island of Crete over 3 million years ago.
Dinosaur flatulence may have produced enough gas to change the climate 150 million years ago.
A large koala-like species of wombat the size of a sheep would have graced treetops 15 million years ago.
A species of giant flea-like insect would have fed on the blood of dinosaurs over 165 million years ago.
Clive Palmer hopes for his new version of the famous vessel to sail from England to New York.
Traces of ancient viruses from millions of years ago can still be found within our genetic material.
10 million square kilometres of the Martian surface is believed to comprise of volcanic glass.
Our ancestors may have been using fire for cooking and warmth as far back as one million years ago.
The fossilised bones from a 3.4 million-year-old human ancestor have been found in Africa.
As our population grows in excess of seven billion are we really vulnerable to extinction ?
An entire forest over 298 million years old has been discovered buried underneath a coal mine.
Scientists believe 600 million years of drought have rendered the Martian surface totally devoid of life.
A skull of a giant crocodile that lived 95 million years ago has been unearthed in Morocco.
Scientists have revealed that growing in size takes a lot longer for a species than shrinking in size.
Plans are being made to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano.
A man in North Carolina was arrested after trying to buy goods with a forged $1 million bill at Walmart.
Scientists have identified two black holes billions of times more massive than our sun.
A 70-million-year-old fossilised nest containing 15 jeuvenile dinosaurs has been found in Mongolia.