Huge numbers of the red and black insects have been turning up in homes across the British Isles this month.
A deep sea research vessel has discovered a chain of underwater mountains that are teeming with life.
Richard Branson's fledgling space tourism firm could be heading in to space for the first time very soon.
The caged lion cub was found abandoned in the middle of a field to the north of the city of Utrecht.
The iconic space telescope has now lost so many of its gyroscopes that it may never fully recover.
An Indian bus driver was subject to disciplinary action after a video emerged showing a monkey at the wheel.
A 10-year-old school pupil recently called the emergency services after getting stuck on a math problem.
Eerie footage of a one-legged ghost of Thai mythology has recently been viewed over 3.5 million times.
The plan would involve preserving the beneficial bacteria found in the guts of people from all across the world.
Saga Vanecek discovered the pre-Viking-era relic while swimming near her family's holiday home in Sweden.
The ambitious new vehicle will be twice the size of the lunar landers used during the Apollo missions.
Scientists are using a gene editing technique to make the humble groundcherry a more viable fruit crop.
Russian investigators have concluded that the hole found on the ISS was made deliberately, not accidentally.
Researchers have succeeded in hooking together the brains of three people to create a shared network.
An infamous waterfall in Minnesota is believed by some to lead all the way down to the depths of Hell itself.
The popular toy bricks were the ideal choice for building a custom wheelchair for a rather unusual patient.
Scientists in Australia have been investigating what caused an otherwise normal orange to turn purple.
A new study has cast doubt on the practice of releasing cats in to cities to help curb rat populations.
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has warned that a failed particle accelerator experiment could prove disastrous.
Esieh Lake in northern Alaska is releasing so much trapped methane that you can literally set the air ablaze.