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A bird that had previously gone extinct has come back to life thanks to a rare evolutionary process known as "iterative evolution."

A bizarre deep-sea tubeworm has been discovered off the coast of North Carolina, the first time the creature has ever been found this far north in the Atlantic Ocean.

A tectonic plate that appears to be “peeling apart” on the seabed off the coast of Portugal may one day “shrink” the Atlantic Ocean, scientists say.

Life was short and sometimes brutal for many of the dogs of China's Shang Dynasty.

A 5,000-year-old grave found in Poland was discovered to be filled with extended family members and appear to have been buried by someone who knew them, according to new research.

A huge alligator was hit by a car in Texas on Wednesday before he was safely moved from the street.

A missing piece of Stonehenge has been returned 60 years after it went missing during an archaeological excavation.

Chernobyl’s ghostly Red Forest, one of the most radioactive sites on the planet, has been mapped by specially-equipped drones to measure the extent of its contamination.

In 1969, a giant earthquake off the coast of Portugal kicked up a tsunami that killed over a dozen people.

For the first time ever, Britain has powered its electrical grid without the use of coal for a full week.

You never know when your stash might be found.

Astronomers found a 2,000-year-old cosmic fossil embedded in a field of stars — likely the leftovers of an explosion that Chinese astronomers saw and wrote about long ago.

Plastic pollution in the world's oceans may have a $2.5 trillion impact, negatively impacting  "almost all marine ecosystem services," including areas such as fisheries, recreation and heritage. But a breakthrough from scientists at Berkeley Lab could be the solution the planet needs for this eye-opening problem – recyclable plastics.

Huge Mars dust storms like the one that killed NASA's Opportunity rover may have helped to blow some of the Red Planet's ancient water away for good, researchers say.

A gorgeous and very rare Ana Maria pearl brooch-watch is set for auction next week in Geneva.

Two astronomers think they've pinpointed the ancient stellar collision that gave our solar system its cache of precious gold and platinum — some of it, anyway.

A tiny 3-foot-tall relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered and named.

People are too complacent about the asteroid threat for Bill Nye's liking.

One snake’s unsuccessful attempt to escape being an alligator’s lunch was photographed in Florida on Saturday.

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered an ancient cemetery near the famous Giza pyramids just outside Cairo.