China have tested a new high speed train over the weekend that blows all competition out of the water.
Neanderthals may have been more of a victim of their own adaptability than to competition from humans.
Albuquerque residents have claimed their pets are being targetted by giant owls roaming the area.
The US government has formally responded to two high profile petitions about UFOs and alien visitation.
The White House will be allegedly obligated to respond if 17,000 more signatures are collected.
67-year-old Peter Glazebrook smashed the previous record with his 17lbs 15 and a half ounce vegetable.
A man in the UK has been banned from supermarkets for bringing his 6ft pet snake with him.
Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel has pumped $1.25 million in to the project to help it become a reality.
As NASA's shuttle program ends other countries are moving forward with their own spaceflight plans.
Petroglyphs on Alaskan islands reveal a spiritual side to Alutiiq whaling dominated by shamans.
Found on an island near St Petersburg a 40 foot dugout canoe helps tell the story of the Manasota people
In a bizarre ceremony Joseph Guiso from Toowoomba has married his five-year-old pet labrador.
Recently discovered letters and postcards have revealed the fierce competition between scientists.
Several brave contestants took part in a competition to see who could manage the largest beard of honey bees.
A new study has suggested that pet dogs are so reliant on humans that they can no longer think for themselves.
A postman from Germany has hit the headlines this week after holding a ceremony in which he married his pet cat.
An animal hypnotist that treats pet behavioural problems claims to be the UK's first "rabbit whisperer".
Deadly icicles and falling lumps of ice have killed 5 people and injured 147 in St Petersburg.
A photograph showing a tiny ant lifting a 500mg weight has won a prestigious photograph competition.
In a world first scientists have succeeded in growing meat in a lab, while not particularly appetizing the pork equivale...