An extremely rare form of cave-dwelling salamander has emerged from its egg in Slovenia's Postojna cave.
The dagger buried alongside the young pharaoh appears to have been more valuable than previously thought.
The massive reptile took golfers completely by surprise as it casually strolled towards a nearby lake.
A rare condition called Walking Corpse Syndrome leaves sufferers feeling as though they are zombies.
Three witnesses claimed to have encountered the entity around one week ago in the city of Santa Cruz.
One school in China is so inaccessible that pupils have to climb down a huge cliff just to get there.
Researchers from Germany are building an artificial nervous system that will enable robots to feel pain.
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has made a significant new discovery within the atmosphere of its new home.
Divers have discovered an ancient, minivan-sized sea sponge in an ocean ridge off the coast of Hawaii.
The fascinating pictures are the most detailed views of Pluto we are going to get for a very long time.
A real-life version of Fred Flintstone's vehicle was slapped with a parking ticket in Key West this week.
The findings suggest that exposure to cellphone radiation may cause brain and heart cancers in rats.
A new study has suggested that giant squid may actually grow to be much larger than previously believed.
The long-sought final resting place of the Greek philosopher has been unearthed at a site in Macedonia.
Scientists have come up with a clock so accurate that it could even redefine the length of a second.
Remarkable prehistoric structures made from stalagmites have been discovered inside a cave in France.
Sound technician Tom Peters likes nothing more than to dress up in a latex costume and act like a dog.
Batemans Bay in New South Wales has become so overrun that a state of emergency has been declared.
Swimmers have been urged to be on the lookout due to a rise in the number of blood-sucking sea lampreys.
A new study has suggested that the universe is likely to be teeming with extraterrestrial life forms.