A madcap laser junkie has created a device that is 33 million times brighter than the surface of the sun.
A jovial primate at a zoo in Spain was filmed rolling on the floor laughing after seeing a nut disappear.
An octopus named Ursula has been impressing zoo keepers with her uncanny puzzle-solving abilities.
A popular zoo in China has become the focus of an unusual new earthquake prediction experiment.
A very brief video clip has appeared online showing an object zooming at high speed over California.
Researchers used volunteers dressed up in monster costumes to investigate how people reported sightings.
A pack of wolves at a zoo in Winnipeg managed to dig a tunnel straight in to the polar bear enclosure.
The bizarre spectacle of a half-fox, half-human has been attracting crowds to Karachi zoo for years.
Zoologists have identified a previously unrecognized bird species known as the Wakatobi Flowerpecker.
A zoo worker taking part in an escape drill was shot when a vet believed that he was a real gorilla.
If you've ever wanted a big pile of snakes heaped on top of you then Cebu City Zoo has just the thing.
A team from the Centre for Fortean Zoology is in Tasmania hunting for signs of the 'extinct' thylacine.
Visitors to a zoo in China found themselves somewhat underwhelmed by some of the animals on display.
A group of baboons at a zoo in the Netherlands have been exhibiting some unusual behavior.
A subspecies of clouded leopard unique to Taiwan has been declared extinct by a team of zoologists.
Donna the Nile hippopotamus lived at Mesker Park Zoo in Indiana for over five decades.
A cheetah at Cincinnati Zoo was timed running 100m in 5.95 seconds at an astonishing speed of 61mph.
A Silver Pheasant at a zoo in Bombay has undergone a rare sex conversion, stunning zoo officials.
In 50 years zoos may have robotic tigers and cloned extinct species such as woolly mammoths.
In a highly unconventional ceremony, a ram and a deer at a zoo in China are to be married today.