________________________________________ Beneath its cold, dusty surface, Mars is buzzing. The quiet, steady hum beats periodically to the rhythm of earthquakes shaking across the planet, but the source of this alien music remains unknown.
Standing out in a room packed with hopeful rescue dogs can be challenging - but this puppy has come up with an adorable solution.
Why does February has the least number of days? Why does it not have 30 or 31 days like the rest of the eleven months? – Simi, aged 15, Mauritius
A religious work of art has been removed from an Italian basilica after a local priest and the businessman who commissioned the painting were found among the holy images.
Darren Durrant was shown on CCTV at the True Value Store on 2 February.
The days-old creature, which is also known as a chimaera, was discovered shortly after being hatched at a depth of about 1.2km (0.7 miles) on the Chatham Rise, an area of ocean floor.
Florists have revealed a clever trick you can do to help keep your flowers fresh for longer - and for a very low price.
The answer to the origin of life remains unknown, but here are scientists best bets.
Wildlife rescuers in India lowered a metal crate into a 50-foot-deep well to rescue a leopard that had fallen into the hole and was in danger of drowning.
Keepers at an Australian zoo faced a dangerous situation when an alligator used floodwaters to escape from its enclosure and ended up trapped between fences.
A large-scale study involving more than a hundred scientists and the world's largest forestry database estimates that there are more than 73,000 species of trees worldwide, including some 9,200 that have yet to be discovered.
Chimpanzee culture is more human-like than previously believed, as chimpanzees also need to learn complex cultural behaviors from others, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.