A message in a bottle travelled from Florida to Portugal in six years.
Canadian couple Brigitte and Warren Doerksen were on holiday in Miami in 2015 when they launched a message ...
The chances of an alien invasion have increased as a result of missions to Mars.
A new report from Professor Anthony Ricciardi, an expert in the ecology of invasive species, has ...
A book has been returned to a library more than 73 years late.
The adventure story 'Stately Timber' by Rupert Hughes should have been returned to the Dunfermline Central Library in ...
A scientist at the University of Glasgow will help dogs call their owners and ease separation anxiety.
The new invention, which is believed to be the first of its kind, is ...
A California charity has assembled the world's longest line of socks.
The Fresno Mission said staff and volunteers were aiming to create a line of socks stretching at least seven miles ...
An investigator claims to have found proof that Bigfoot exists.
Lee Brickley has discovered tracks and claw marks in Staffordshire after spending the past decade searching for the beast.
He says that ...
A penguin was found 1,800 miles from home on a beach in New Zealand.
Harry Singh uploaded videos to Facebook when he came across an Adelie penguin wandering along a beach ...
Drinking tea or coffee is linked with a lower risk of dementia and stroke.
New research saw 365,000 people aged between 50 and 74 assessed on how much tea and coffee ...
Monopoly is offering fans the chance to create a personalised version of the iconic game.
Board game enthusiasts will be able to immortalise their family name onto their new board as ...
People do about 1,000 extra steps per day if they drink coffee in the morning.
New scientific research, which involved 100 adult volunteers wearing continuously recording ECG devices that monitored caffeine ...
A woman was held 'hostage' by an aggressive possum in her home.
The unnamed woman, from New Zealand, told police officers that she was unable to leave her house as the ...
A massive gold nugget has been put up for sale for $1 million.
The Alaska Centennial Gold Nugget weighs in at 21lbs, is over 90 per cent gold and is the ...
A spectacular cake replica of Hogwarts has been unveiled to mark the 20th anniversary of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'.
The cake has been created by the renowned artists Michelle ...
A cyclist dubbed as the 'Pedalling Picasso' rode for 75 miles around London to map out a picture of a moustachioed man.
Anthony Hoyte cycled across the British capital for eight ...
A cow destined for slaughter made a bid for freedom down a waterslide.
The animal escaped from a cattle ranch in Brazil and ventured to a nearby water park where it ...
A man has claimed that he had a sexual relationship with a dolphin.
Malcolm Brenner has revealed that he had a six-month love affair with the frisky creature when he worked ...
An asteroid orbiting the sun could be a "lost" fragment of the moon.
Astronomers have been at a loss to explain the presence of the object - named Kamo'oalewa - but ...
Rockfish could hold the secret to eternal life.
New research has found that the creature - which resembles a giant goldfish - holds clues to genes that affect lifespan.
The fish ...
A woman was horrified after her son planned to hand out penis-shaped chocolates in the school playground.
Luke More, five, secretly raided the Ann Summers advent calendar his mother Louise had ...
A dog has tested positive for coronavirus in the first documented case of its kind in Britain.
Health officials believe that the pooch caught COVID-19 from its owner and have revealed ...
KFC are bringing back The Gravy Burger Box Meal.
The seriously saucy snack will be available from November 15 and the fast-food chain has introduced The Grib (the Gravy Bib) to ...
Cats are not as snooty towards humans as people think.
New research has revealed that felines enjoy the companionship of their owners and are capable of understanding human voices in a ...
A giant video game joystick has been honoured in the Guinness World Records.
Mary Flanagan, a professor at Dartmouth College, created the nine-foot controller in 2006 after being inspired by playing ...
A bird has travelled 8,000 miles non-stop from Alaska to Australia.
The bar-tailed godwit has been likened to a jet fighter for its aerodynamic shape and surpassed its own world record ...