Ivory poaching has led to a decline in elephant population from 109,051 in 2009 to 43,330 in 2014.
The ape only lacks an ability to start and control fire.
Ocean Cleanup project will also create high-resolution map of plastic waste in Pacific.
Nasa astronaut Edward White undertook the first United States space walk on 3 June 1965 during Gemini IV
A prehistoric cemetery containing hundreds of graves containing sacrificial human remains were discovered by archaeologists in northwest China.
Rescuers from British Divers Marine Life Rescue fighting to save pod of whales on Staffin Island
Photos illustrate the link between environmental and social issues such as climate change and poverty.
A helium balloon carrying a saucer-shaped Nasa spacecraft is set for take-off on Tuesday (2 June) to test Mars landings.
The hybrid species found to lead to less genetic diversity.
The stack is made of available polymers and a silver layer.
The tubes stretch from 600 kms above the ground to the plasmasphere.
These targets are still not enough to limit warming to two deg C.
212 slaves died in 1794, shackled in the bowels of the vessel off South Africa
There are many active faults with the potential to cause earthquakes of 8.0 magnitude, around 90 miles off the south west coast of US.
Once found in large numbers, habitat loss is pushing the species to a vulnerable situation.
Latest quake off Ogasawara islands was felt 1,000 km away at Tokyo.
The flight from Nanjing to Hawaii covers 8500 km.
All key components of the probe have been tested for a launch later in the year.
Jaws was released on 1 June 1975 and led to generation of people too scared to go in the water.
MIT scientists create world's first four-legged robot that can run and jump over obstacles.
Two gold bongs dating to 2,400 years gives insight into the Scythian nomads.
Swiss pilot Andre Borscheberg took off in the Solar Impulse 2 from China at 2.39am.
Police have charged four men for reportedly trying to steal more than a tonne of meteorites in Chaco, Argentina.
High school teacher Dick Spink says Earhart went down on Mili Atoll in Marshall Islands.
ATM will not allow users to withdraw cash unless facial features match with identification.
Scientists and conservationists are baffled by mass die-out of antelope.
French mathematician Cédric Villani says Nash may have discovered 'replacement' for Einstein's theory of relativity.
Descendants of the monstrous man-eating lions of Tsavo in Kenya, that devoured dozens of railway workers in 1890s, blamed for new attack.
The El Niño condition will trigger typhoons that will disrupt the Indian monsoons.
Camera data and computer simulations rule out violent impacts.