Science & Nature

An uncanny number of failed Mars missions led the media to blame the Great Galactic Ghoul, the monstrous misfortune sabotaging NASA’s probes.

Min Min lights are mysterious orbs in the Outback of Australia. Are they spirits as the Aborigine believe, or something explainable by nature?

The Boötes void is a somewhat empty region of space that spans 330 million light-years in diameter. Where are the galaxies?

Forget Venus Flytraps. Watch out for those man-eating trees. Here are some known and cryptid carnivorous plants and trees around the world.

In 2009 the bizarre Norwegian spiral event spawned a frenzied 24-hour mystery in which even the wildest of theories now seemed plausible.

Parasites feed upon other living bodies and are more common than one would suspect. Here are five examples of known parasites in humans.

Bizarre rain has been recorded to include corn, squid, worms, fish, frogs and even larger animals like alligators pouring from the sky.

Western Pomerania is home to the Crooked Forest, an intriguing display of curved pine trees that defy explanation. What are the theories and facts?

A number of recent NASA photos have sparked our imagination and added to the mystery of the universe. What is NASA saying about them?

In 1996, the 8,400 yr. old Kennewick Man was found in Washington state. After a legal battle, five Native American tribes laid him to rest.

Cloning extinct species became reality after a Pyrenean ibex was cloned from DNA obtained from the last specimen. It went extinct in 2000.

The Andrew Crosse experiment used rocks, chemicals, and a weak electrical charge to mysteriously create life forms resembling mites or fleas.

There are various theories as to why the Earth experienced the Little Ice Age, which affected our planet between 1350-1850.

A most bizarre and rare form of weather event is ball lightning. These strange orbs of light float, hiss, and emanate a distinct odor.

The sound heard under the ocean in 1997 was really perplexing. Eventually NOAA determined that the Bloop is not a mysterious creature but something much simpler.