Scientists have found signs of bone cancer in the fossil remains of an early South African hominin.
It now appears as though Mars would have been able to support life for longer than is generally believed.
New evidence suggests that indigo dyes were first used 1,800 years earlier than previously believed.
Unseen footage of what appears to be a live Tasmanian tiger in Victoria has appeared on social media.
The European Space Agency has unveiled a map of our galaxy charting the positions of 1.1 billion stars.
Meteorologists working at a polar weather station have been trapped for weeks by a pack of polar bears.
The mystery of a missing British explorer ship which disappeared in the Arctic in 1845 has been solved.
The Rosetta spacecraft has finally managed to locate its companion probe on the surface of comet 67P.
Wildlife conservation authorities have downranked the giant panda's endangered status to 'vulnerable'.
Dubious footage of a gigantic disc-shaped object filmed in Malaysia has gone viral online this week.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has identified what appears to be an ice volcano on the dwarf planet's surface.
The universe could be filled with primordial black holes which pass through us once every 1,000 years.
Scientists believe that an early human ancestor discovered 40 years ago died after falling out of a tree.
Scientists in Australia have identified a tiny marsupial lion which went extinct 18 million years ago.
The discovery of an Earth-like world around Proxima Centauri has spurred on efforts to send a probe there.
A Bosnian pine tree located in Greece has been identified as the oldest living tree on the continent.
Mammoths could be granted a special protected status to stop their tusks being used as an ivory source.
The previously unidentified species would have thrived in sub-arctic marine waters 25 million years ago.
Scientists have allegedly discovered a potentially habitable planet within a neighboring star system.
These carnivorous ocean-dwellers are now thought to be the longest-lived vertebrates on the planet.