Biologists have been imagining what evolution may bring one million years from now.
A new study has shown that some Ice Age mammals survived much longer than previously thought.
Standing at 7ft, 0.7 inches tall, 24-year-old Rumeysa Gelgi is now officially the tallest woman on Earth.
A new paper has put forward a radical new theory to explain mysterious magnetic structures in the sky.
The debris from one of the rockets the Nazis once used to rain fear and death upon the UK has been found in Kent.
Perseverance has made history by collecting and storing the first core sample that will one day return to Earth.
The fossil remains of a particularly unusual species of prehistoric whale have been unearthed in Egypt.
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed evidence of an earthquake that occurred in the eighth century BC.
The inner core of our planet is growing more on one side than on the other - so why isn't it tipping over ?
An analysis of diamonds from Earth's distant past has revealed the presence of volatile gases crucial for life.
Scientists have identified distant star systems from which the Earth could be 'discovered' by intelligent aliens.
Named 'Nesher Ramla Homo', this previously unknown species of human walked the Earth 120,000 years ago.
Many of our planet's most significant geological events have occurred in roughly 27.5-million-year intervals.
A groundbreaking discovery on Venus has indicated that it is even more Earth-like than previously believed.
The aged reptile, who currently lives in Serbia's Belgrade Zoo, is thought to be the oldest alligator on Earth.
An absolutely enormous 1,098-carat diamond has been unearthed by the Debswana Diamond Company.
An absolutely gargantuan dinosaur - the largest ever found in Australia - has been unearthed in Queensland.
A mission to collect samples from Saturn's moon Titan and return them to Earth could be on the cards.
Archaeologists discovered the tombs at the Al-Hamidiyah cemetery in the desert 240 miles southeast of Cairo.
A newly unearthed letter from the celebrated physicist cements just how ahead of his time he actually was.