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.
British archaeologists have discovered a treasure trove of shipwrecks, the oldest dating back over 2,000 years.
A relatively nearby extrasolar world discovered back in 2004 has since disappeared without a trace.
The unusual looking track was discovered at Shuswap Falls near Lumby, British Columbia earlier this month.