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Mystery foam floods street in Chinese city
VIDEO May 24, 2019Pedestrians were left wading through a knee-deep tidal wave of suds after foam started bubbling from manholes.
2,624-year-old tree found in North Carolina
May 11, 2019Scientists have discovered one of the oldest trees on Earth in North Carolina's Black River swampland.
Florida invaded by huge swarms of lovebugs
VIDEO May 8, 2019The short-lived insects have embarked on their bi-annual flight, leaving streets and homes completely engulfed.
World's tallest tropical tree discovered
VIDEO Apr 6, 2019Scientists have identified and climbed a record-breaking tree in Borneo that measures a whopping 328ft in height.
First ever Denisovan skull fragments discovered
Mar 12, 2019The find is helping to improve our understanding of this obscure member of the hominin family tree.
Toxic black snow covers the streets in Siberia
VIDEO Feb 16, 2019Residents of the Kemerovo region of Siberia have been uploading images and videos of the phenomenon.
Chimpanzees create ladder, escape from zoo
VIDEO Feb 10, 2019A group of resourceful chimpanzees recently escaped from their enclosure in Belfast zoo after a storm.
Hiking scientist discovers bizarre new microbes
Nov 18, 2018The organisms, which sit on a 'major new branch' of the tree of life, were found in woodland in Nova Scotia.
World's 'largest living thing' is slowly dying
Oct 18, 2018A record-breaking 80,000-year-old clonal colony of aspen trees in central Utah is in danger of being wiped out.
City to replace lights with 'artificial moon'
Oct 17, 2018The Chinese city of Chengdu is working on a novel space-age solution to illuminating its streets at night.
Prehistoric baby snake found trapped in amber
Jul 19, 2018Scientists have discovered the well-preserved remains of a jeuvenile snake dating back 99 million years.
Mystery surrounds man who woke from coma
Jun 26, 2018Jason Fisher spent two months in a coma after being found unconscious on the street in Hull two years ago.
Man spends three days buried beneath a road
VIDEO Jun 18, 2018Performance artist Mike Parr has emerged after spending 72 hours buried within a coffin-like box.
Earliest known frogs found trapped in amber
Jun 14, 2018Scientists have discovered the oldest known frog specimens within pieces of fossilized tree sap.
Mystery as Africa's oldest trees suddenly die
Jun 12, 2018Several of the trees, which date back thousands of years, have abruptly died off within the last decade.
Dinosaur asteroid wiped out most bird species
May 26, 2018According to a new study, only a few select bird species survived the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Largest ever family tree links 13 million people
VIDEO Mar 5, 2018Covering 11 generations over a period of 500 years, the family tree is thought to be the largest ever created.
'World's loneliest tree' records new epoch
Feb 21, 2018A solitary tree on an island in New Zealand may hold the key to determining the beginning of the Anthropocene.
Falling block of ice captured on CCTV camera
VIDEO Feb 10, 2018New footage has emerged showing a large chunk of ice narrowly missing pedestrians on a London street.
Are woodpeckers damaging their own brains ?
Feb 4, 2018The act of hitting tree trunks thousands of times may actually be giving woodpeckers brain damage.
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