Scientists have been struggling to explain why some UK garden birds are drowning themselves en masse.
Mystery surrounds the deaths of several hundred fish found along the shoreline to the south of Perth.
Researchers have revealed that the consumption of coffee is linked to a reduced risk of premature death.
At the beginning of the 20th century a doctor in Massachusetts attempted to weigh patients as they died.
A 20 million-year-old flea trapped in amber is thought to be carrying the ancestor of Black Death.
A remarkable new monitoring computer is so accurate that it can predict when a patient is likely to die.
New research suggests that drones stress bears out so much that they can suffer a heart attack.
The crew of a TV documentary about sharks used death metal to help them attract a huge great white.
The ancient Egyptian jackal-headed god of death Anubis was worshipped by huge numbers of people.
Over half of the world's remaining saiga antelope population has dropped dead within the last few weeks.
Several pupils have fallen ill after entering a bathroom attributed with the death of a schoolgirl.
The 17-year-old had been clinically dead for twenty minutes before his heart started beating again.
Annabel Beam's experience was accompanied by the inexplicable disappearance of all her health problems.
Sara Brautigam suffers from a rare condition that stops her heart beating for up to a minute at a time.
Virgin Money is offering a variety of bizarre insurance policies covering a range of unlikely scenarios.
Scientists believe that rats may not have been responsible for the Black Death in Europe after all.
A doctor who almost drowned remembers interacting with spirits and being warned about her son's death.
Beverley Gilmour suffers from a rare condition that sees her leave her own body several times a month.
A woman who stopped breathing for over two hours suddenly woke up long after all hope had been lost.
91-year-old Janina Kolkiewicz had been declared dead 11 hours before waking up inside a body bag.