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An Asian elephant born to the Columbus Zoo in Ohio in early December has died, zoo officials announced Wednesday.

A Texas man was shocked to find more than 30 rattlesnakes hiding under a dilapidated hunting cabin at his ranch. 

The National Zoo in D.C. took to Facebook on Christmas Day to share a video of the giant panda Bei Bei rolling around in the snow.

One of the first astronauts to orbit the Moon said on Wednesday that it's "stupid" to plan human missions to Mars. 

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a stunning image that resembles a holiday wreath in the cosmos. 

A rogue asteroid shaped like a wading hippo has just skimmed past Earth.

A sexually charged elephant broke into a game park in South Africa and trampled a top safari ranger in a fatal rampage, according to reports.

The brain of one of the oldest Australopithecus individuals ever found was a little bit ape-like and a little bit human.

Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered the petrified remains of several horses in the stable of an ancient villa in a suburb of Pompeii, near Naples.

In a thrilling discovery, scientists with East Tennessee State University (ETSU) have recently confirmed the prehistoric fossils found in an area known as the Gray Fossil Site belonged to two different species of ancient peccaries, a pig-like creature.

A winter wonderland sits in the middle of a sandy Martian surface — at least, that's the story new images released by the European Space Agency (ESA) from the Red Planet seem to tell.

Late-night stargazers in Cambridge, Minnesota and beyond may have noticed a massive fireball that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

It took two hours for alligator trappers in Parrish, Fla., to wrangle a massive 12-foot, 500-pound gator that was lurking in a waterway.

As climate change conditions continue to increase, new research put forth by geologists suggest that the West Antarctic ice sheet could melt and cause a massive global flood.

While some parts of the U.S. have already experienced bone-chilling temperatures, the official start of winter doesn't occur until Friday — the date of this year's winter solstice.

Saturn’s famous rings are vanishing, so enjoy them while they last. According to NASA scientists, the rings– which are made of mostly of ice and rock, some chunks which are as big as a house– will be completely gone in less than 100 million years.

A 2,800-year-old incantation, written in Aramaic, describes the capture of a creature called the "devourer" said to be able to produce "fire."

Researchers have uncovered insects trapped in amber from 130 million years ago. While this would ordinarily be an exciting find, the discovery has added impact as it has captured the exact moment in time the insects burst through their eggs.

Scientists are using high-resolution satellite imagery to identify places where looters have been ransacking ancient tombs.

A Florida man now holds the record for capturing the largest Burmese python in the state after he ensnared a massive 18-footer over the weekend.