New Zealand's Whanganui River has gained its own identity with all the corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a legal person, after a 170-year battle, the media reported on Thursday. ....

A baby in Pakistan's Multan city was born with his heart outside his chest, doctors said. ....

African elephants -- the largest land animal -- sleep for just an average of two hours a day and regularly survive for nearly two days without sleep, a study has found. ....

If you are living in a neighbourhood surrounded by trees and shrubs, with birds chirping all the time, there are less chances for you to suffer from anxiety or stress, a new study has revealed. ....

It is not the brain that determines whether a person is a lefty or a righty, but the spinal cord, a study has claimed. ....

Chinese authorities on Thursday announced that a museum and park will be built on the ruins of an ancient capital city. ....

She is an octogenarian and lives all alone in the Unesco-tagged Great Himalayan National Park in the picturesque Kullu Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The authorities say she is the only human who lives in the park that is spread over 754 sq km -- one of the richest biodiversity sites in the western Himalayas. ....

Astronomers have identified an elusive white dwarf pulsar -- the first of its kind to be discovered in the universe -- housed in an exotic binary star system 380 light years away from Earth. ....

Bryan Ray, a huge fan of singer Britney Spears, has reportedly spent over $80,000 on 90 plastic surgery procedures to make himself look like his idol. ....

In a twist to the 'tota-maina' stories, a woman pining for her missing parrot has offered Rs 25,000 in reward to anyone who gets the pet back to her. ....