North Island's Whanganui River has been granted the same legal rights and privileges as a human being.
Tolima province residents were left terrified after a mysterious object crash-landed near their homes.
New research has suggested that humans may have been responsible for the formation of the Sahara.
New research has revealed that spiders eat twice as much animal prey as humans do each year.
New data from Cassini has suggested that Enceladus' liquid water ocean may be very close to its surface.
The groundbreaking find pushes back the evolution of complex life forms by another 400 million years.
Scientists have found that the South American polka-dot tree frog possesses a rather unique complexion.
The 400,000-year-old fossil cranium has been hailed as the oldest discovery of its kind in the country.
One of the art world's most hotly debated mysteries may have finally been solved after 500 years.
The humorously named research submarine is preparing to venture beneath the waters of the Antarctic.
In a peculiar change to their normal behavior, humpback whales have been seen congregating en masse.
The enormous chocolate-covered delicacy contained 13.4 pounds of caster sugar and 13.4 pounds of flour.
Defence attorney Stephen Gutierrez's trousers erupted in to flames in the middle of a court hearing.
Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Ramses II statue within a Cairo slum.
A new paper has suggested that we may have already found evidence of intelligent extraterrestrials.
The world-famous physicist has suggested that a 'world government' could stop technology wiping us out.
A new research satellite has revealed that it is possible to grow tubers in the conditions found on Mars.
For the first time ever, scientists have successfully managed to create time crystals in a laboratory.
A new experiment will aim to freeze gas atoms down to a billionth of a degree above absolute zero.
Residents of Onoway, Alberta were alarmed to discover that their tap water was running bright pink.