Palaeontologists unexpectedly came across fossil evidence of the creature in a museum drawer in Kenya.
The L-shaped necropolis, which dates back to the Fifth Dynasty, was discovered near Saqqara last month.
Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of an extinct species of human in a cave in the Philippines.
A new 'chain-melted state' makes it possible for atoms to exist as both a solid and a liquid at the same time.
Scientists have discovered what is thought to be the oldest known person with this rare congenital condition.
Police in England have discovered the paw prints of a large exotic cat believed to be on the loose in the area.
Scientists have identified and climbed a record-breaking tree in Borneo that measures a whopping 328ft in height.
An international group of scientists met in Paris last week to discuss why we have yet to encounter alien life.
A fossil T. rex named 'Scotty' has been confirmed to be the largest predatory dinosaur ever discovered.
A Texas man who recently crawled under his house to fix his cable found rather more than he had bargained for.
A dust ring like that found in the orbits of the Earth and Venus has been found in the orbit of Mercury as well.
The find is helping to improve our understanding of this obscure member of the hominin family tree.
A Medical Lake man believes that he has photographed a set of footprints left by the legendary Sasquatch.
Scientists are offering social media users the chance to name 5 of Jupiter's most recently discovered moons.
Scientists have discovered that it may be possible to use spider silk to create muscles and actuators for robots.
Evidence of an ancient interconnected subterranean groundwater system has been discovered on Mars.
The discoverer of the most distant known object in our solar system has now found an even more distant one.
Researchers were surprised to discover that a fish nick-named 'Mary' had been carrying fertilized eggs.
A pint-sized relative of the tyrant lizard dating back 96 million years has been unearthed in North America.
A gigantic species of bee thought to have gone extinct has been discovered alive and well on a remote island.