The sacrifice was a plea to the gods to bring success to construction projects.
Scientists have modelled how T-Rex crushed bones of its prey.
'Narco-deforestation' has boomed in the region as the trade has been pushed out of Mexico and the Caribbean.
The iconic species is set to go extinct on the Otago peninsula as soon as the 2040s.
The famous 'Lucy' species went extinct as the land dried out, while the earliest humans thrived.
The vaquita is on the verge of extinction – there are believed to be fewer than 30 in existence today.
They're made from algae and tea bags – and will be on sale in the US within a year
Psychopaths plan their crimes down to the least detail and totally lack empathy.
Understanding the expansion of the universe is one of physicists and astronomers' priority.
SpaceX's latest launch came just two weeks after launching a top-secret spy satellite for the US government.
Climate simulations have revealed Proxima B could have liquid water on its surface.
Plastic debris included fishing gear, baby dummies and toothbrushes.
The footage sees the water turn red as the shark is killed.
The volcano is located close to Naples where more than a million people live.
The packages containing the tortoises were declared as 'stones' and flew in on an Etihad Airways flight from Madagascar.
Government working to contain crop-eating caterpillar that arrived for the first time in Africa in 2016.
Potentially groundbreaking results are to be revealed in the BBC2 documentary The Day the Dinosaurs Died.
The mummies were accidentally found at the Tuna Al-Gabal archaeological site through a radar survey.
Two groups of physicists have sparked a heated debate on the origins of the universe.
The US president wanted to place a crew on the moon by 2018 or 2019.
Environmentalists believe the reef, more 1,000 kilometres long and dotted with brightly coloured coral, may be home to new marine species.
The lions are an important tourism attraction for Uganda.
The two reptiles were found in the middle of a road.
The pyramid has been associated with 13th dynasty pharaoh Ameny-Qemau.
The Apollo 11 moonwalker said it is not feasible to support both ambitions.
The 15metre-long carcass was first spotted by a local resident on Seram Island in Maluku province.
Chinese space programme appears far more ambitious than its Nasa equivalent.
Exoplanet HAT-P-26b likely formed close to its star.
The enormous snake was minding his own business before one of the golfers grabbed it by the tail.
The Crab Nebula is located in the Taurus constellation.