A massive red ball that was part of an art installation was catapulted down a street due to strong winds.
A new image of a rocky outcrop on the surface of Mars shows what looks like a large crab-like creature.
Authorities in Florida have been attempting to curb the recent influx of the world's largest gastropod.
The crew of a fishing vessel recorded a huge squid attempting to make off with a fish they had caught.
Nessie hunter Steve Feltham now believes that the enigmatic creature might not be quite what it seems.
The latest photographs from New Horizons show a distinctive heart shape on the surface of Pluto.
Two giant mechanized robots could soon be duking it out in a showdown of epic proportions.
Scientists have discovered a species of bat that was three times the size of any that are alive today.
The Earth appears to be surrounded by giant, invisible tubes of plasma that fill the sky above our heads.
Despite spending most of their time eating it, bamboo gives pandas a bad case of indigestion.
Media reports of a close shave with a mile-wide asteroid have thankfully turned out to be exaggerated.
In his spare time Shinjiro Kumagai dons a giant grasshopper outfit and helps hunt down drink-drivers.
Wildlife authorities in Australia have warned people not to release pet fish in to rivers and streams.
The gargantuan reptile was related to the Titanosaurs and roamed the Earth around 100 million years ago.
The enormous four-storey high structure has been designed to protect the coast against tsunamis.
A new species of lizard that grew to the size of a car has been identified from fossils in Portugal.
The aerospace giant has been granted a patent for a way to shield against explosion shockwaves.
Richard Shaw Burke had disappeared without a trace until scraps of his shirt turned up inside an octopus.
A new census has revealed that the number of giant pandas living in the wild has risen by 17 percent.
The asteroid known as 2004 BL86 flew past the Earth this week at a distance of 1.2 million kilometers.