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Four mountain gorillas, including an infant, have been killed in Uganda by a suspected lightning strike, wildlife officials say.

The temperature in northern Antarctica hit nearly 65 degrees, a likely heat record on the continent best known for snow, ice and penguins.

Scientists studying what's known as "flammable ice" in the Sea of Japan recently discovered the existence of life with microscopic bubbles.

The world's largest iceberg will soon be entering the open ocean.

Twenty tawny sharks were seen wriggling in shallow water on the beach in Australia.

An artillery shell from the Civil War was discovered in downtown Charleston this week.

The wreck of a merchant ship that vanished in the Bermuda Triangle in 1925 is revealing its secrets.

Six months after it was discovered that Leonardo da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks" painting contained hidden images underneath, a new X-ray scan has revealed a winged angel and the baby Jesus in clearer fashion.

The fossils of a "weird" and bizarre-looking new reptile species from 200 million years ago have been identified after they were first discovered in Alaska nearly a decade ago. 

Scientists in China believe the pangolin, a type of scaly anteater, could be a possible host for the coronavirus that has killed over 636 people and infected nearly 31,400 globally, according to a report by Reuters on Friday.

Cave divers have discovered the eerie underwater grave of an ancient woman with a deformed skull who lived on the Yucatán Peninsula at least 9,900 years ago, making her one of the earliest known inhabitants of what is now Mexico. 

A new study claims that sand dunes can actually communicate with other dunes when they move.

A type of black fungi that eats radiation was discovered inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor.

A strange, slow-motion NASA video shows what Earth would look like if all the water drained from the oceans.

A skeleton that was unearthed on a tiny island is believed to be that of an 18th-century Royal Navy sailor.

A shipwreck linked to a mutiny and murder mystery is disappearing into the sands of a North Carolina beach.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who was part of the first-ever all-female spacewalk in October, has returned safely to Earth after spending 11 months in orbit.

Researchers have discovered a new "monster" galaxy that grew at a high rate during the early part of the universe. However, it died mysteriously, baffling researchers. 

More than 40 skeletons with their hands tied behind their backs have been discovered at a construction site in the U.K.

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago also caused nearly 75 percent of all species on the planet to go extinct. However, a new study suggests one "bizarre" form of life managed to survive — a land turtle.