Numbering in their hundreds of thousands, the insects filled the air on a beach in Rhode Island recently.
In a world first, a species of animal has been found to have teeth coated in iron to help keep them sharp.
Dragons have been a staple of fantasy fiction for years, but could fire-breathing ever actually work in the real world ?
Boeing's long-troubled alternative to the SpaceX Crew Dragon has made it off the launchpad with two astronauts on board.
For years, anthropologists struggled to determine which human ancestor the skull - along with two others - belonged to.
A strange and rarely seen type of sea creature has been appearing more and more frequently along the coastline.
History professor David Routt takes a look at the real historical events which inspired the latest Game of Thrones prequel.
A self-proclaimed 'scholar of monsters' explores our fascination with winged, fire-breathing reptiles.
A new type of flying reptile from the age of the dinosaurs has been unearthed in the Andes mountains.
This unusual looking specimen was recently fished up in the Norwegian Sea by fisherman Roman Fedortsov.
Palaeontologists have uncovered what is being hailed as the UK's largest ever ichthyosaur fossil.
Scientists in China have discovered a fossil skull belonging to what could be a totally new human species.
Palaeontologists have identified a new prehistoric sea creature that lived in what is now the English Channel.
The second ever manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft saw the new ISS crew blast into orbit.
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have safely returned home after two months in space.
Join the livestream as Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken launch from US soil aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will be blasting off to the ISS aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft on Wednesday.
British railway workers have discovered a previously hidden cave that was exposed following a landslip.
Palaeontologists have compared the feathers of a 120 million-year-old dinosaur to those of modern birds.
A large lizard was recently caught on camera emerging from the water with a rather unusual piece of headwear.