A pint-sized relative of the tyrant lizard dating back 96 million years has been unearthed in North America.
Fossil spiders discovered in South Korea still have glowing eyes despite being over 110 million years old.
The rover's mission, which saw it trundle across the Martian surface for over 15 years, is now complete.
Scientists have identified the fossilized tracks of a worm-like organism that lived 2.1 billion years ago.
A new study has indicated that women's brains are slightly younger than men's of the same age.
A Pacific island that rose from the sea around three years ago has already been colonized by plants and birds.
A message in a bottle thrown in to the sea 17 years ago has been found and returned to the person who wrote it.
A new study has revealed that our planet's protective magnetic field almost disappeared 565 million years ago.
One of the most intriguing samples retrieved by the Apollo 14 astronauts appears to be terrestrial in origin.
The rover's 15-year anniversary has been sadly marred by the likelihood that its mission has come to an end.
A mysterious room in Darwin's former Reserve Bank building has remained firmly locked for decades.
A snake found inside the belly of another snake in the 1970s has turned out to represent a whole new genus.
The carbon and nitrogen that make up our bodies likely came from a planet that once smacked in to the Earth.
Anthropologists have published the results of a new study in to two fossil skeletons found in South Africa.
Scientists have discovered the remains of several types of organisms in a lake over 1km beneath the ice.
The enormous circle of ice formed in freezing weather in the Presumpscot River on Tuesday afternoon.
Several famous figures have opened up about their own personal near-death experiences over the years.
Conservationists have uncovered stone carvings dating back 600 years on the tomb of a medieval bishop.
A mile-long asteroid shaped a bit like a hippopotamus has skipped us by on its closest approach in 400 years.
Scientists have discovered some rather unusual feathers within pieces of amber dating back 100 million years.