Lupus 3, is located 600 light years from Earth within the constellation Scorpius, near the centre of the Milky Way.
Trade in hippopotamus teeth is legal but animal is listed as vulnerable by International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Naked mole rats are bizarre, practically hairless rodents, which feel very little pain and are resistant to cancer.
The photo is a combination of 16 different shots taken by the Curiosity rover's MastCam imager from a vantage point.
The Surrey Space Centre is leading a Europe-wide initiative to tackle a truly global problem through the RemoveDebris mission.
The Earth experienced a geological lull, almost like a mid-life crisis during the Palaeoproterozoic geologic era.
Parts of the ancient Nazca lines in Pery were damaged after a truck driver ignored warning signs and entered the zone.
Scientists melted a tiny bore hole through 300 metres of ice in a slowly yet constantly moving Antarctic ice shelf.
A killer whale named Wikie has been taught how to speak through its blowhole and may be able to have basic 'conversations' with humans some day.
Tomorrow, a total lunar eclipse - which will be visible from Asia, Australasia and North and Central America - will coincide with a 'blue moon' and a 'supermoon'.
Panicked doctors euthanized the baby soon after the experiment due to ethical concerns and fear of the word getting out, according to the claims.
Apheloria polychroma was discovered in the southeastern US and can be found in a wide variety of colour patterns.
Friendships are based on people who react to the world and process information in the same way, Darthmouth/UCLA study finds.
New York University study shows trust based on looks "template" of people we have trusted in the past.
Earth's magnetic field is crucial to the survival of life on our planet as it deflects damaging cosmic rays and solar winds.
Scientists found that green sea turtles are spending more time looking for food and eating in offshore waters, increasing the risk of ending up as fishing bycatch.
Palaeontologists consider this find as the "Holy Grail" of discoveries, since dinosaur fossils from the end of the Age of Dinosaurs are hard to find in Africa.
New study published in Scientific Reports finds that while past studies showed women were more attracted to men who were already taken, it was also true of objects, like art.
Darpa announced a new programme which aims to deploy thousands of small intelligent floating sensors designed to gather information from the deepest reaches of the ocean.
Mutant orange African dwarf crocodiles found in Gabon live in dark caves and feed on bats. They are genetically different from other reptiles.
A new study indicates attractive people are more likely to be conservative than liberal, as better treatment makes them blind to the need for left-wing policies.
New research reveals mosquitoes will avoid those who have attempted to swat them away by remembering their scent.
Cape Town is in the grips of a drought so severe that it is projected to run out of water on 12 April, becoming the world's first major city to run dry
"This amount of stupidity is very dangerous," one person tweeted.
Researchers have shown mosquitoes are capable of learning and remembering to save their lives from potential human threat.
The moon will be seen in a dramatic reddish hue for a short while, courtesy of a total lunar eclipse.
A British start-up is set to test how magic mushrooms, long-used by drug users to induce trippy hallucinations, can potentially be used to treat severe depression.
"IMAGE's telemetry signals were not received during a routine pass," Nasa said in 2005 declaring the orbiter lost.
One of the world's oldest gorillas in captivity has died at San Diego Safari Park zoo. The gorilla named Vila was the matriarch of five generations.
Archaeologists also found an ochre pebble at another archaeological site at the opposite end of the lake.