Covering 11 generations over a period of 500 years, the family tree is thought to be the largest ever created.
'Clean meat' that has been grown in a laboratory could become available to buy within a matter of months.
In 1917, two English schoolgirls claimed to have photographed fairies at the bottom of their garden.
Conservationists have reported that the health of the last male northern white rhino is rapidly deteriorating.
Scientists have discovered a huge colony of over 1.5 million rare penguins on a remote Antarctic island.
The 58-year-old's extreme resistance to freezing temperatures has seen him break multiple world records.
Two scientists have succeeded in recording very rare footage of the notoriously elusive Greenland shark.
A table-sized antenna has picked up the fingerprints of the first ever stars to emerge after the Big Bang.
The network, which is being set up by Vodafone and Nokia, will enable HD live-streaming from lunar rovers.
Dr. Michio Kaku maintains that contact with an alien civilization will happen before the century is out.
New footage has been released showing the Space Launch System engine reaching 113 percent thrust level.
The most recent consignment to arrive at the facility has brought its total number of deposits up to 1,059,646.
The ingenious device uses special snake-like 'scales' to help grip the ground and pull itself along.
The remarkably resilient rover has managed to extend its original three-month mission to over 13 years.
Tourists may soon have the opportunity to book a room in a hotel with a rather extraordinary view.
Scientists have used modern scanning techniques to discover what thylacine infants really looked like.
A new image of the long-dead Phoenix lander on Mars has shown that it has become coated in a layer of dust.
The well-preserved gloves were discovered during the excavation of a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall.
A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
Claudia Ackley has taken it upon herself to sue the state for refusing to acknowledge the existence of Bigfoot.