This ancient reptile shed its own tail to escape meat-eating predators 280 million years ago. Researchers at the University of Toronto Mississauga are describing how...
Huge “mega-colonies” of penguins have been discovered near the Antarctic peninsula, hosting more than 1.5 million birds. Just 100 miles (160 kilometres) away in the...
A remarkable photo of a single atom trapped by electric fields has just been awarded the top prize in a well-known science photography competition....
Irishman's €60 antique bought on holidays in Morocco turns out to be Ice Age relic worth €30,000. In an antique shop that sold mostly “Islamic...
The mysterious cigar-shaped asteroid Oumuamua has been spinning through space for billions of years because of a violent incident in its past, researchers have...
A DNA analysis of Britain's oldest complete skeleton, also known as "Cheddar Man," revealed that the first modern Britons may not have been pale,...
Linguists working in the Malay Peninsula have identified a language, now called Jedek, that had not previously been recognized outside of the small group...
This Mutant Crayfish Can Clone Itself—And It's Starting to Take Over Entire Countries. A species of crayfish thought to have evolved the ability to clone...
Extraterrestrials, welcome to Nevada. Or should we say, "Welcome back"? Since your last visit to Area 51, we've missed you! The whole country has...
Colombia - tourist helps Edmonton researchers in discovery of rare fish fossil. The fossil, called Candelarhynchus padillai, is approximately 90 million years old, and has...