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A kangaroo interrupted a soccer match in Australia Sunday. The unwelcome visitor disrupted game play for over 30 minutes and video shows the animal…
A deer managed to find its way into into the Crystal City Metro station, in Arlington, Virginia. Tuesday morning, prancing across the tracks. (June 12)
In an attempt to build herself a nest, the Audubon Zoo's 9-year-old orangutan, Menari, took matters into her own hands and made herself a winter…
Time-lapse video shows the cast skeleton of Máximo being assembled at Chicago's Field Museum over a period of three days. The titanosaur stretches 122…
A local firefighter captured video of swirling wind creating a mini-tornado called a "dust devil" during a May 26 Little League baseball game in…
A labrador named Fred has adopted nine ducklings after their mother disappeared near Britain's Stansted Airport. (May 24)
A huge sinkhole opened up on a New Zealand farm this week and a volcanologist says it's the biggest he's ever seen in the country. (May 4)
A pair of pelicans found their way into the middle of the graduation ceremony at Pepperdine University in Southern California Saturday. One of them landed…
A rollercoaster at Universal Studios in Japan made an emergency stop on Tuesday afternoon, leaving more than 60 passengers upside down. (May 1)
Crews dangled from ropes on the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday, conducting inspections to check for rust and other defects, according to local news channel…
Officials at Brookfield Zoo near Chicago say an eastern black rhinoceros with a nasal obstruction has undergone what's believed to be the first CT scan…
The Wildlife Center of Virginia has taken in its first black bear cubs of the year, including two bears rescued by a state trooper. (April 19)
For the first time in nine years, staff at the Smithsonian's National Zoo are celebrating the birth of a male western lowland gorilla. Born on April 15,…
Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay shared a video of a gorilla mimicking its trainer. The gorilla, named Bolingo, copies the movements of his trainer, Rachel…
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake that struck under the ocean off Southern California on Thursday momentarily scared off a bald eagle mother from her nest full…
Bunny the reindeer at Brookfield Zoo near Chicago has given birth to a second reindeer fawn, almost exactly one year after having her first baby. (April 5)
A Phoenix cat named "Princess Poppy" was reunited with its family after it was rescued by a utility worker Wednesday. The cat had been stuck in the same…
Loyola’s Sister Jean is made into bobblehead and it becomes biggest selling ever for National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum. (March 27)
A self-taught rocket scientist who believes the Earth is flat propelled himself about 1,875 feet into the air in his homemade vessel before a hard landing…
A mountain lion roamed through backyards in a neighborhood outside Los Angeles before wildlife officers tranquilized it. The lion was spotted Monday in…
Brookfield Zoo near Chicago says a Humboldt penguin chick born last month is thriving. Zookeepers are hand-feeding the male chick and weighing him three…
The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans is opening its newest exhibit, dedicated to jungle creatures of the night - vampire bats, giant cave cockroaches,…
Axe throwing is quickly becoming a popular sport at bars across North America. Enthusiasts have started a league with thousands of members, and one day…
It is a tradition on St. Patrick's Day, to celebrate in the Windy City with thousands of spectators crowding the banks of the Chicago River to be amazed…
Brookfield Zoo near Chicago celebrated St. Patrick's Day a little early by giving some of the animals shamrock-shaped treats. The camels, lemurs,…
The hatch of a cargo plane carrying precious metals accidentally flew open upon take off from a Russian airport - scattering at least three tons of gold…
McKenna Wall was driving home in Fairbanks, Alaska, when she noticed something odd about the sled dog team running on the highway's shoulder. There was no…
Park fountains in Savannah are gushing water that's bright green – a signal that St. Patrick's Day will soon arrive. (March 9)
Dead marine life was found washed up along UK beaches in the aftermath of a severe cold weather system that struck Great Britain, nicknamed the "Beast…
Hundreds of people gathered in a city in Taiwan for a lantern festival Friday. They released paper lanterns into the sky in the hope of an auspicious…
An Olympic snowboarder is taking advantage of the winter weather battering the UK. Billy Morgan, a British bronze medalist the Pyongchang Winter Olympics,…
Mussa, a baby chimpanzee rescued from poachers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, appeared to be making the most of his flight to his new home, a…