SCIENCE

A group of golfers came across an alligator fighting off a Burmese Python on a popular golf course in Florida. The incident lasted for 4 hours and led the way to some photo ops.

Between 1545 and 1550, 80% of the Aztec population of what is now Mexico and Guatemala died from an outbreak called cocoliztli. Scientists think they found the disease responsible.

When discussing public issues, Americans are significantly less reliant on facts than they were two decades ago, the report suggests.

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary assisted in freeing the whale, which had become trapped off Makena Beach, Maui.

A study published in the Medical Journal of Australia states that women forgo grey matter in the brain for more important tasks such as child rearing.

Gamma ray bursts are very challenging to study as they originate in far flung galaxies and last for short periods of time.

The laser beams, emitted for a few minutes, would be enough to zap the junk into smaller, less harmful pieces.

China claims that the space station will crash in a deep-sea area in the South Pacific known as the "spacecraft cemetery".

Electricity that will power 2,000 homes will be generated by solar panels just a stone's throw away from the original nuclear plant.

The experimental tower has reportedly been built in Xian, in the Shaanxi province and is currently undergoing testing.

Madagascar is home to all the world's 113 lemur species with 90% of wildlife on the island found nowhere else on Earth.

Caihong juji was about the same size as a duck and lived 161 million years ago, according to scientists.

Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has mocked advice to Australian tourists to watch out for polar bears.

The new discoveries shed light on a key period of the early Viking age – when a new runic alphabet came into use.

Using eight different telescopes from around the world, including one at the south pole, scientists are working on the first-ever image of a black hole.

Bonnethead sharks can survive on a 90% plant-based diet, according to a new study. It means they are omnivorous, unlike the rest of their evolutionary cousins.

Some extraordinary celestial moments are lined up in 2018. IBTimes UK has compiled a curated list to help you catch the best ones.

Liz Williams, a resident of Victoria, Australia captured this stunning footage between two highly venomous snakes.

Data given by Princeton glaciologist Michael Wolovick shows that large walls at the mouth of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will effectively isolate them from the sea.

People who humblebrag often are seen as untrustworthy and less likeable in general, but most people humblebrag some time or the other.

A week after flash storms sent mud cascading through mountain slopes, progress is slowly being made with the massive clear-up operation.

The image was taken by Juno spacecraft during its 10th close flyby of the planet. Jupiter looks to have cut in half in this beautiful image.

Nasa and NOAA are keepers of the world's temperature data and according to them, they independently produce and record the planet's surface temperatures.

The earthquake struck off the coast of Peru at 09:18GMT (04:18 local time) on 14 January.

The Ministry of Antiquities claims they took over the San Al-Hagar archaeological site after previous foreign missions did not conduct sufficient excavations.

Nasa satellite images show the contrast between the desert sand and flaky snow in breathtaking images from space.

The pits were discovered by astronomers assessing images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

Greenhouse gasses can wreak havoc in an atmosphere and Venus is an extreme example.

Palaeontologists were able to digitally reconstruct every bone of the dinosaur's skull, allowing them to study features like nerves, never described before.