A near-complete ichthyosaur fossil found in Scotland is finally getting the attention it deserves.
Wildlife conservation authorities have downranked the giant panda's endangered status to 'vulnerable'.
A new study has suggested that we are perhaps not quite as eternally optimistic as is generally believed.
A driver in the US who took ill at the wheel was saved after his car drove him to a nearby hospital.
Engineers at RMIT University in Melbourne have announced a breakthrough in liquid-metal technology.
It has now been 25 years since Steve Feltham dedicated his life to hunting down the Loch Ness Monster.
Scientists have identified two distant worlds which could be ideal places to look for alien life.
The Okeanos Explorer vessel has revealed an undersea realm filled with weird and wonderful life forms.
Despite not even having a brain, plants are actually quite adept at making important life choices.
The massive 500-meter dish will be used to help scientists hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life.
Researchers at the University of Leicester have determined that Batman would be rubbish in real life.
It's a form of attack used to great effect in movies - but did real soldiers ever actually use them ?
He might not be Tony Stark, but the SpaceX CEO is not entirely dissimilar to the comic book billionaire
Mark Hyatt got the shock of his life when he encountered the nightmarish spectacle inside his own home.
An extremely rare form of cave-dwelling salamander has emerged from its egg in Slovenia's Postojna cave.
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has made a significant new discovery within the atmosphere of its new home.
A real-life version of Fred Flintstone's vehicle was slapped with a parking ticket in Key West this week.
A new study has suggested that the universe is likely to be teeming with extraterrestrial life forms.
The iconic volcano used in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy has had its eruption alert elevated.
A strange circular pocket of super-salty water has been discovered 3,300ft below the surface of the sea.