The kangaroo was moments from death when two police officers jumped into the sea to rescue it.

Scientists say this sound could be used to monitor how Antarctica's largest ice shelf is responding to climate change.

Widespread poverty and food deserts left Native Americans with the highest rate of diabetes in the country — but change is on the horizon

In Russia’s arctic wilderness, the remnants of one of the Soviet Union’s most tragic gulag projects now lies largely forgotten.

Twenty six-year old Miyu Kojima works for a company that cleans up after kodokushi (孤独死) or lonely deaths: a Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time.

An exquisitely preserved skeleton of a woman dubbed the 'Grand Lady' has been discovered in a water-filled coffin in China.

For nearly two millennia, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius has served as a stark reminder that nature is capable of some serious violence.

An acclaimed American charity said it was saving some of the world’s most vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation. But from the very beginning, girls were being raped.

Sometimes, fashion's greatest power is its stealth -- its ability to turn up in unlikely places, on unlikely people, and in the smallest details. Consider the case of Ruth Bader Ginsburg...

Our big toe was one of the last parts of the foot to become human-like, as our early ancestors evolved to walk on two legs.

Wall carvings were found in what was once a fishing city of the Caral civilization, the oldest in the Americas. The relief is thought to symbolize a period of drought and famine brought on by climate change.

A dying teenager's parents begged for her to be sent to the Mayo Clinic. The family says the world-renowned hospital saved her life and then tried to "medically kidnap" her.

The shoes, known as hipposandals, were found by a volunteer at Vindolanda.

Shigeaki Mori was 8 when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. He survived and committed himself to uncovering the names of all those who died — including 12 American POWs.

What does a child's brain that repaired itself after a full third of the right hemisphere was surgically removed, teach us about all brains?

Liz loved two men. Both were killed in the biggest scandal in NHS history.

The Aral Sea is bringing new wealth to fishing villages in Kazakhstan, but their neighbours on the opposite shore in Uzbekistan are suffering a very different fate.

Pope Clement I has been dead for almost two thousand years, but that hasn't stopped the Holy Roman saint form traveling on what must be the strangest Eurotrip yet.

“It’s a bit like Monty Python.”

It can get aggressive.