A new study has revealed that chimp lip-smacking could be a clue to the ancient origins of human speech.
A very unusual bear has been captured on film in Banff National Park in Canada's Rocky Mountains.
It looks as though China may be about to take the lead in the global effort to detect an alien signal.
Low pollution levels and fewer aircraft during lockdown could make this an ideal opportunity to go sky-watching.
For future settlers, living and working on Mars could mean having to undergo genetic modification.
During lockdown, the enigmatic mansion is as quiet as it was during the days Sarah Winchester lived there.
Doug Loverro, head of NASA's human spaceflight program, has stepped down from his position.
A newly unearthed promotional video is thought to contain the last known footage of a live Tasmanian tiger.
The SpaceX CEO has responded to the claim that his plans to terraform the Red Planet are largely impractical.
Sightings of unidentified lights north of Rio de Janeiro last week managed to spark quite a ruckus online.
A new study has suggested that men's beards have a distinct practical purpose beyond simple ornamentation.
The space agency is aiming to establish principles of peaceful co-operation with its international partners.
Newly declassified documents contain specific details of the unidentified objects encountered by US Navy pilots.
Astronomers have identified a distant exoplanet with a size and orbit comparable to that of the Earth.
Fans of the rebooted paranormal investigation show have noticed that Grant himself has been mostly absent.
A magnet fisherman in England has reeled in a haul of 60 lead cubes inscribed with strange symbols.
Palaeontologists have discovered the fossil remains of a huge raptor dating back 70 million years.
A new study has indicated that salty water may be more common on the Martian surface than previously believed.
Researchers have found a lizard with such an extreme case of constipation that its weight is 80% faeces.
One of Boston Dynamics' Spot Mini robots took on an important new role on the streets of Singapore this week.