A gentle gorilla who famously mastered sign language and understood 2,000 words has sadly passed away.
This brand new branch of the US military will aim to establish American dominance in outer space.
Scientists have revealed that giant hogweed has spread to Virginia and can now be found in at least eight US states.
Performance artist Mike Parr has emerged after spending 72 hours buried within a coffin-like box.
Space tourism firm Axiom Space is offering people the opportunity to spend ten days aboard the space station.
The upgrade will significantly boost the facility's potential to make groundbreaking new physics discoveries.
Bystanders ran for cover as a freak gust sent two toilets flying through the air at a park in Colorado this week.
Scientists have used radio signals as well as an artificial intelligence to track individuals through solid walls.
The fearless mammal managed to climb up the vertical outer wall of the 25-storey UBS Tower in St Paul.
A fish with a head resembling that of a bird has been caught in a river in China's Guizhou Province.
This remarkable footage shows a seemingly enormous Moon disappearing rapidly beneath the horizon.
NASA has announced this week that complex organic matter has been found in an ancient lake bed on Mars.
Scientists have found the fossil footprints of a creature that walked the Earth 541 million years ago.
French long distance swimmer Ben Lecomte has set off in a bid to become the first person ever to swim the Pacific.
A man who claims to be from the future is subjected to a lie detector test in a rather dubious new video.
The unique device acts as a third limb, enabling soldiers to aim and fire heavier weapons during combat.
Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Artemyev demonstrated their football skills ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Video footage of a dog in Argentina that wouldn't stop staring at a wall has gone viral this week.
Eoin O'Faodhagain from Donegal captured the video from a webcam that overlooks the famous Scottish loch.
Scientists have identified a 500-mile-long ocean corridor used by large numbers of sharks and other animals.