A mysterious building discovered at a former RAF base has turned out to be an anti-aircraft gun position.
Divers have recovered several statue pieces and a mystery bronze disc from the 2,000-year-old shipwreck.
Palaeontologists have identified a new species that could shed light on the origins of crocodiles.
A farm in Cambodia has reportedly been creating massive mutant pigs with abnormally oversized muscles.
The launch of the giant orbital telescope has been pushed back from October 2018 to Spring 2019.
A giant sinkhole has provided something of a refuge for the coral during a time of significant decline.
Authorities in the US have arrested a woman on suspicion of murdering her future husband's former wife.
Known as the 'vika' rat, the new species has a set of teeth so powerful that it can crack open coconuts.
Fossilized droppings have revealed that some herbivorous dinosaurs occasionally snacked on seafood.
NASA's Juno probe has sent back four breathtaking new images of the gas giant's swirling atmosphere.
A new study has suggested that sleep may actually be fundamental to all life, not just to animals.
An upcoming mission designed to test out the deflection of a large asteroid has hit a bit of a snag.
At the size of a beach ball, the monster-sized Beelzebufo ampinga was the largest frog that ever lived.
Members of the gloomy octopus species have created their own underwater settlement dubbed 'Octlantis'.
A new breeding program is aiming to bring back a species of giant tortoise that died out 150 years ago.
For the first time, astronomers have picked up signs of titanium oxide on a distant extrasolar world.
UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has outlined how health care is likely to change over the next decade.
Scientists have found evidence of life in a cave system hidden deep beneath the Antarctic ice.
The only surviving letter written by Joseph Merrick was a thank you note sent to widow Leila Maturin.
Declassified CIA documents have indicated that Hitler may not have committed suicide in his bunker.