CNN Researchers on an expedition in Peru have discovered animal species new to science among them a blob headed fish and a type of semi aquatic mouse. The survey was conducted by Conservation International, an environmental non profit. It was carried out over a day expedition in ...

   CNN A small silver amulet discovered by archaeologists in Germany could transform our understanding of how Christianity spread under the Roman Empire, experts have said. The tiny artefact, which measures about . inches . centimeters long, was unearthed in a rd century Roman grave just ...

   CNN If you saw an enormous, deadly funnel web spider sitting on her egg sac, your first instinct might be to run away. But the Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales is urging residents of nearby Sydney to suppress that fear, remain calm, and carefully collect both the spider and her eggs in...

   CNN An emperor penguin surprised locals when it appeared on a beach in Australia after making an epic journey of thousands of miles from its home in Antarctica. The penguin arrived on Ocean Beach in Denmark, Western Australia, on Friday, according to a statement from Australia’s Department of ...

   CNN Talented though they may be, monkeys will never type out the complete works of William Shakespeare, or even a short book, a new study suggests. The Infinite Monkey Theorem is a famous thought experiment that states that a monkey pressing random keys on a typewriter would eventually reproduce ...

   London CNN A hoard of Norman era silver coins unearthed five years ago in southwestern England has become Britain’s most valuable treasure find ever, after it was bought for . million . million by a local heritage trust. For the group of seven metal detectorists who discovered the, ....

   CNN Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it could change our understanding of how galaxies form. The galaxy, which has been named REBELS , is far more orderly than the existing science suggests it should be for...

   CNN When a National Geographic documentary team discovered a boot and sock sticking out of a melting glacier on Mount Everest in September, they almost immediately recognized its significance as a clue to a century old mystery. A name label still stitched onto the woollen sock read A.C. Irvine, ...

   CNN The warm, damp environments of your showerhead and toothbrush are the perfect breeding ground for microbes, and a new study has identified hundreds of viruses that live there, showing the vast biodiversity to be found in the average home. These viruses, however, are not the kind that will...

   CNN For humans, flashing a smile is an easy way to avoid misunderstanding. And, according to a new study, bottlenose dolphins may use a similar tactic while playing with each other. The study, which was published Wednesday in the journal iScience, found that dolphins make an open mouthed ...

   London CNN A medallion containing some of the original mold involved in the discovery of penicillin is expected to fetch up to , when it goes up for auction later this month. The medallion was created and inscribed by Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming in the course of one of the...

   London CNN Scientists in the United Kingdom have stored the entire human genome on a D memory crystal, in the hope that it could be used in the future as a blueprint to bring humanity back from extinction. The crystal, which was developed by a team of researchers at the University of ...

   CNN Look up at the night sky this week for a chance to see high speed meteors and bright fireballs from two meteor showers set to peak around the same time. The Southern Delta Aquariids will be most active Monday night through early Tuesday and could ring in a viewing of up to meteors per hour...

   CNN A meteor bright enough to be spotted in broad daylight streaked across the sky on Tuesday morning, catching the attention of several East Coasters who documented their sightings. The fireball, defined as a meteor brighter than the planet Venus, is estimated to have soared over New York City ....

   CNN Scientists have long theorized the existence of lunar caves underground passageways formed through volcanic processes that are connected to the pits covering the moon’s surface. Now, a team of international researchers has found the first direct evidence that the moon’s deepest known pit ...

   CNN During the Cretaceous Period, a genus of sharks roamed the sea with rows of unusual teeth. Mostly large and rounded, these chompers were not meant to slice through their prey, but to grind and crush shelled creatures. However, since the sharks’ presence in the fossil record has mostly...

   CNN A piece of woolly mammoth skin excavated from the Siberian permafrost has been found to contain fossil chromosomes in a first of its kind discovery, according to a new study. Researchers unearthed the , year old remains in near the village of Belaya Gora in northeastern Siberia,...

   CNN A lone diver first laid eyes on the ancient Kyrenia shipwreck off the north coast of Cyprus nearly years ago. But when archaeologists attempted to determine the exact timeline of the vessel coming to a rest on the ocean floor, they were left to speculate based on the ship’s cargo. Now, a...

   CNN Despite its name, June’s full moon will not look like a strawberry. But the bright orb could still turn heads Friday night with an appearance that is bigger and more colorful than the average moon. The full moon which will reach the crest of its fullness at : p.m. ET Friday comes one...

   CNN Thousands of fish species about, of them named call the Amazon River home, but scientists estimate nearly half of the marine creatures lurking in the massive stretch of water remain undiscovered. While studying piranhas and pacus in an effort to better assess vital fish biodiversity...

   CNN For more than a century, scientists have been unsuccessfully hunting for skull fossils for the thunder bird species Genyornis newtoni. About , years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs, from an Aboriginal term for giant bird, tramped through the forests and grasslands of ...

   CNN Archaeologists in France have uncovered nine astonishing graves containing the skeletons of horses that were buried about, years ago, though their precise cause of death remains a mystery. Discovered in Villedieu sur Indre, a commune in central France, two of the graves have been ....

   CNN Cancer is often regarded as a disease of the modern age. However, medical texts from ancient Egypt indicate that healers of the time were aware of the condition. Now, new evidence from a skull more than, years old has revealed that ancient Egyptian physicians may have tried to treat ...

   CNN The cockroach that emerged from your sink drain and scuttled under the fridge The nocturnal critter was most likely a German cockroach, and its ancestors were pestering people more than, years ago in southern Asia, a new study found. The research, published May in the journal ...

   CNN I was lucky enough to catch an awesome glimpse of the northern lights from my own home this month when the biggest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades made auroras visible at latitudes much farther south than usual. Despite living in the light filled streets of central London, my ...

   CNN NASA has launched the first of two research satellites to measure how much heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica. The shoebox size satellite lifted off Saturday at : p.m. local time : a.m. ET aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Rocket Lab’s launch complex in Mahia,...

   CNN Perhaps birdbrained isn’t such an insult after all crows, the ubiquitous urban bird, can vocally count up to four, the latest research has found. Not only can the inquisitive creatures count, but they can match the number of calls they make when shown a numeral, according to a new study...

   CNN Two teams of scientists have discovered a theoretically habitable planet, smaller than Earth but bigger than Venus, orbiting a small star about light years away. The exoplanet, named Gliese b, orbits a cool red dwarf star situated in the constellation Pisces and is about the size of ...

   CNN A Saturday launch for the highly anticipated crewed maiden voyage of Boeing’s Starliner is off the table and NASA has announced a new target date. Starliner’s first flight carrying astronauts is now expected to lift off no earlier than June at : p.m. ET, with several backup ...