It took 1,200 Iranian weavers 18 months to make the soccer-field-size carpet, which will cover the main prayer hall of a mammoth new mosque.

Hungarian miners have uncovered a scientific oddity: an ancient swamp cypress forest that didn't petrify into stone.

See a roundup of the week's news and events: England experiences worst flood in 60 years, Thirty Years' War skeletons unearthed, and more.

Two Egyptian mummies with fake toes could be evidence of the world's earliest known prosthetic aids.

See pictures of clarion angelfish, Indian star tortoises and other animals that were confiscated at Los Angeles airport.

The recently unearthed remains of the prehistoric mammal include a pair of massive tusks, the longest of which stretches 16.4 feet (5 meters) long.

When complete, this truly salt-of-the-earth accommodation will welcome visitors to Bolivia's remote Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt desert.

See pictures of the world's biggest freshwater fishes, including a bear-size catfish and a half-ton stingray.

In 2008, volunteer-minded tourists will be welcomed to the polluted Midway Atoll, where they will clear the remote islands of debris and invasive species.

See a roundup of the week's news and events: Britain's adventurer swims at the North Pole, heat wave sweeps Europe, fishers hook an ancient fish, and more.

The high-tech iLimb, being sold for £8,500 (U.S. $17,454), is the first prosthetic hand to offer fully independent digits, its manufacturers announced.

A boat collision may be to blame for the death of a humpback whale recently found in Alaska with a tongue swollen to the size of a small car.

In a crafty evolutionary hoax, six newly discovered orchid species are shaped like female wasps to trick males into pollinating them.

Can an engineer bring sexy back—to the future? One scientist might, if her new space suit design makes it off the launching pad.

The magnitude 6.6 quake killed at least eight people, set off landslides, derailed a train, and sparked a fire at a nuclear plant.