Lemur located after break-in at San Francisco ZooA ring-tailed lemur stolen from the San Francisco Zoo has been found.
Pumpkin weighing 2,350 pounds wins California contestAn annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California has a new winner: a horticulture teacher from Minnesota who raised a giant gourd weighing 2,350 pounds.
Driverless boat in Florida spins of control, smashing docksThree people conducting a photo shoot on a boat in a busy Florida river somehow fell overboard, leaving the 24-foot vessel unmanned and out of control.
Large Chinese mitten crab crawls into German woman's homePolice in southern Germany say a woman got a shock while airing out her home when a 25-centimeter (10-inch) Chinese mitten crab scurried in from the terrace through the o...
Stolen Mao calligraphy worth millions found cut in halfHong Kong police say a calligraphy scroll by former Chinese leader Mao Zedong estimated to be worth millions of dollars was cut in half after being stolen in a high-profi...
Potty training: NASA tests new $23M titanium space toiletNASA's first new space potty in decades is getting a not-so-dry run at the International Space Station before flying to the moon.
Authorities use pear to entice, capture escaped emuAuthorities in a city north of Boston have captured an emu after the large flightless bird was spotted roaming local streets.
Spartacus the serval cat found safe after escape from homeAn exotic African serval cat that escaped from its New Hampshire home earlier this week has been found safe and sound.
St. Louis Zoo says python laid 7 eggs without male helpSt. Louis Zoo officials are trying to solve the mystery of how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs without being around a male python for at least two decades.
Contraband-laden drone snags in prison net; 2 arrestedA drone carrying marijuana, cigarette lighters and cellphones got caught up in a net above a Mississippi prison fence, resulting in the arrest of two men.
From heat to snow: Rocky Mountains see 60-degree plungeSummer has come to an abrupt halt in parts of the Rocky Mountains as temperatures reaching into the 90s have plunged by around 60 degrees in less than 24 hours.
City won't waste John Oliver's donation, on 1 conditionThe mayor of a Connecticut city says he will follow through on what was originally a tongue-in-cheek threat to name a sewage plant after comedian John Oliver if Oliver at...
Austrian man spends 2.5 hours in box filled with ice cubesAn Austrian man has beat his own record for the longest full body contact with ice cubes.
Slow music: Chord change in Germany of 639-year organ pieceHundreds of fans attended a special kind of musical happening at a church in Germany.
Grave mistake: 'Casket' seen in river turns out to be dockPolice in Maryland investigating reports of a casket photographed bobbing up and down in a river discovered the object was something far less macabre.
Chipmunks, fattened up on acorns, are driving people nutsThere were plenty of acorns this spring, and now the chipmunks are driving people nuts.
Police capture kangaroo hopping through Fort Lauderdale Police officers have captured an unlikely suspect bouncing through a Florida neighborhood.
Michigan man wins $2M lottery after clerk gives him wrong ticketA man in suburban Detroit was given the wrong lottery ticket.
Russian prankster acts as UN chief, reaches Polish presidentA Russian prankster posing as the U.N. secretary-general managed to reach Poland’s president on the telephone and rendered Andrzej Duda speechless with questions about Uk...
Pandemic leads 7-Eleven to forgo free Slurpees on 7-11The coronavirus pandemic has taken away another summertime tradition in the U.S.: There will be no free Slurpees at 7-Elevens on Saturday — July 11 — to hail a date that ...
Doggy deliveries help Colombians shop during pandemicAn 8-year-old Labrador retriever named Eros has become an essential worker in Medellin, Colombia, amid the pandemic.
Would-be travelers in Taiwan live out dreams of flying againInternational travel has been little more than a dream in the era of coronavirus.
Small alligator on the loose in Clinton Township, police sayPolice are looking for a small alligator that escaped from a home in Clinton Township.
Roaming mountain lion caught in downtown San Francisco A young mountain lion that was spotted looking at his reflection in the glass of an office tower in downtown San Francisco was safely captured Thursday.
Florida city known for mermaids now sleeps with the fishesA Florida city known for its mermaid shows now sleeps with the fishes.
Treasure chest hidden in Rocky Mountains finally foundFamed art and antiquities collector Forrest Fenn, who hid $1 million in treasure in the Rocky Mountain wilderness a decade ago, says the chest of goods has been found.
Scientists learn how tiny critters make ocean 'snot palaces'Scientists are learning about one of the weirder things in the oceans: “snot palaces.”.
