Mountain rescuers were called to save a stranded sheep after it got stuck on a cliff ledge at a beauty spot. The Edale ...

Meet the Halloween-loving family who spend all year preparing to transform their home into a super spooky setting for October ...

This shocking footage shows the moment a cyclist was flung over the top of a car - leaving him with life-changing injuries.

An "agile and lightweight" predecessor to the dinosaurs - dating back 237 million years - has been discovered in Brazil. Scientists say Gondwanax paraisensis is a new species of "silesaurid” - an ...

This story version has been formatted as an on-air script for broadcast outlets. See the original research story here. NEW RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT MORE THAN THREE IN FIVE SPOOKY GENRE READERS (61%) ...

Scientists at a British university have become the first make to 3D printed food - for people with swallowing difficulties. Academics led by UWE Bristol have used an extrusion-based 3D food printer to ...

Mystery surrounds the recent deaths of dozens of swans and other aquatic birds in a west London canal - with fears the animals may have been poisoned. More than 25 swans have been discovered dead on ...

Conspiracy theorists believe they have spotted a huge secret doorway in Antarctica. Eagle-eyed sleuths discovered a rectangular shape in the barren snowy wastes after scouring Google Maps. The quirky ...

Male mice use females as "decoys" to distract aggressive rivals and avoid conflict, suggests new research. The males will run over to female mice when threatened - using a “bait-and-switch” tactic to ...

A couple share their lives with 20 parrots - and regularly take them out and about. David Vickery and wife Gill have spent decades rescuing birds after starting with two cockatiels and two budgerigars ...

Seven new species of frog have been named after "Star Trek" captains - because their calls sound like special effects from the sci-fi series. The tree frogs that make "otherworldly" calls were ...

Artificial nests boost the breeding success of endangered penguins, reveals new research. But there’s no "one-size-fits-all" design that proves ultimately successful, say scientists. Different designs ...