Authorities in Britain have revealed some of the strangest 999 calls received over the last few years.
A massive shark measuring over 7 meters in length has been spotted off the coast of southern Australia.
It is looking as though pensioner Joao Coelho de Souza could be the oldest human being that ever lived.
Man-made global warming is believed to have postponed the next ice age by several thousand years.
A new analysis of a video taken 8 years ago has suggested an alternative explanation for the sighting.
Despite being around for almost two centuries, Jonathan the Aldabra giant tortoise is still going strong.
A high-profile mass UFO sighting in Australia is still no closer to being solved after five decades.
The United States once planned to build an orbiting outpost to help gather intelligence about the USSR.
The European Space Agency believes humans will be living on the lunar surface within the next 14 years.
A gorilla who can speak sign language has appeared in a new video to raise awareness for climate change.
Our planet may be at higher risk from a large comet impact than from a conventional rocky asteroid.
Following on from Halloween's close encounter, another seasonal asteroid will soon be paying us a visit.
Scientists have found evidence that a prehistoric species of human was still alive relatively recently.
The US Air Force is planning to equip its planes with high-tech laser weapons within only five years.
A remarkable new find has suggested that the Romans may have visited North America 2,000 years ago.
A potentially habitable terrestrial planet has been discovered in the relatively nearby Wolf 1061 system.
Festive revelers will be treated to a full moon this Christmas for the first time in almost four decades.
The Soyuz spacecraft has successfully arrived at the station following a tense manual docking maneuver.
The new platform is able to solve problems 100 million times faster than a conventional desktop PC.
One of the largest hauls of sunken treasure in the world has finally been located after 300 years.