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The animal, a mammal, has been described as a mix of a horse and an elephant.

It has been an extraordinary journey across time, and even an ocean, for one weary renaissance horse and rider. And for lovers of Leonardo da Vinci, their journey also now continues.

A chilling sound had scientists spooked after it was heard coming from the deepest part of the ocean.

Scientists have already found that rats seem to enjoy having their bellies tickled.

Giant fossilized teeth from extinct megalodon sharks may have inspired portrayals of a primordial sea monster in Mesoamerican creation myths, according to a new study of the concepts of sharks in ancient Mayan society.

Though volcanoes dot the face of the planet and can be found on every continent, researchers say most of Earth's volcanic eruptions happen in a dark and faraway place: deep underwater.

The video of the first sighting of the rare ghost shark went viral Sunday after scientists discovered the creature swimming in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii in 2009.

A bound copy of Sir Isaac Newton's seminal book on mathematics and science was sold for $3.7 million, making it the most expensive printed scientific book ever sold at auction.

A spider with a fantastic appearance straight out of the world of Harry Potter has been discovered in the Indian state of Karnataka.

One of the most infamous weapons in science-fiction movie history is the Death Star, a moon-size planet destroyer from the "Star Wars" universe.

The magnitude-7.8 Kaikoura earthquake that rattled New Zealand last month may have set up the country for another major quake underneath its capital of Wellington.

A rare letter from boxing legend Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela is up for auction in the U.K. this weekend.

Silence is golden, the saying goes. But so, evidently, was the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.

NASA launched eight mini-satellites Thursday morning to measure surface wind deep in the heart of hurricanes.

Tommy Thompson is a shipwreck explorer believed to know the location of a fortune in gold coins—but he can't spend them in Ohio's Delaware County jail, and he's not getting out until he reveals where they are.

Forget about the stork — it's the albatross that should be in charge of baby delivery.

For 170 years, scientists, historians and amateur sleuths alike have been trying to figure out what led to the demise of the Franklin Expedition, one of the deadliest disasters in polar exploration.

A NASA scientist is warning that Earth is due for an “extinction-level” event like a comet or asteroid strike — and claims there won’t be anything we can do to stop it.

The world's "highest significant wave height as measured by a buoy" was 62.3 feet, located in the (very) high seas between the UK and Iceland, and occurred in 2013, the World Meteorological Organization has confirmed.

A spinning, supermassive black hole may have sucked in a star and “spaghettified” it, creating an incredibly bright light in a far-off galaxy.