3 days agoDog spent days outside Turkish hospital waiting for owner A devoted dog has spent days waiting outside a hospital in northern Turkey where his sick owner was receiving treatment.
Dog and goat serving as mayor raise money for a playgroundA goat and a dog who were each elected mayor of a Vermont town have helped raise money to renovate a community playground.
Beetle keeps rivals off scent of food buried for offspringNew research suggests that some beetles are adept at hiding their food from competitors.
Humane Society: 97 cats survive house fire; some injuredAn animal protection group says nearly 100 cats have survived a house fire in a town outside Rochester, New York.
Fake US leg band gets pigeon a reprieve in AustraliaA pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band is fake.
Missing cat turns up 3 years after California disasterA pet cat believed killed along with her owner in a huge mudslide has been found three years later.
Florida manatee had ‘Trump’ drawn on back, officials sayThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission say the aquatic mammal was spotted over the weekend in the Homosassa River in...
Precious painting lost at German airport found at dumpsterA surrealist painting worth more than a quarter million euros (dollars) that was forgotten by a businessman at Duesseldorf’s airport has been recovered from a nearby dump...
Fauci, Kamala among famous names on mispronounced words listThe names of America’s preeminent infectious disease expert and its incoming vice president have topped this year’s list of most mispronounced words.
Florida man holding trash can for friend finds dead body insideThe man told the Manatee County Sheriff’s office he’d been holding the 55-gallon container for a friend who promised to retrieve it later.
92-year-old man finds college jacket with social media helpMore than 60 years after Mal Osborn earned a varsity letter jacket from the University of Maine as a track runner, he still wore it.
Scene from 'Elf' comes to life as Buddy meets dad in BostonThe story of Buddy the Elf meeting his biological father has come to life, just in time for the holidays.
Cheers! Or not: 'Scandalous' 1st Christmas card up for saleThe first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale, but it wasn't universally greeted as a merry scene when it first appeared in 1843.
California monolith pops up after finds in Utah, Romania Days after the discovery and swift disappearance of two shining metal monoliths half a world apart, another towering structure has popped up and then quickly vanished, th...
Judge says no to digging up remains of President HardingA judge has denied a request to dig up the remains of President Warren Harding.
NYC woman gets ill swan to clinic via foot, car and subway Ariel Cordova-Rojas went to New York’s Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last week to celebrate her 30th birthday.
Cat at Northeast's highest peak dies after 12 years on dutyA cat who patrolled the U.S. Northeast’s highest peak for a dozen years as its weather observatory’s mascot has died.
Michigan couple with 14 sons welcome their first daughterA Michigan couple whose large family attracted attention by growing to include 14 sons has welcomed their first daughter nearly three decades after the birth of their fir...
Wisconsin trooper stops driver hauling snowmobile atop carThe Wisconsin State Patrol had a little advice for a guy who transported a snowmobile by strapping it to the roof of his Toyota Corolla: Bad idea.
Cranes lift Dutch runaway train off whale sculptureA salvage operation is underway to lift a runaway metro train off a sculpture of a whale’s tail, where it landed after plowing through the end of an elevated section of r...
McDonald's cult classic, the McRib, is coming backMcRib, the fast food sandwich that went viral before viral was a thing, is back.
Scientists find Madagascar chameleon last seen 100 years agoScientists say they have found an elusive chameleon species that was last spotted in Madagascar 100 years ago.
Woman’s obituary: In lieu of flowers ‘do not vote for Trump’An obituary for a Minneapolis-area woman who died at age 93 included one specific request for her mourners: Do not vote for Donald Trump.
California police recover lizards stolen from reptile storePolice in California have announced two arrests and the return of a pair of unique lizards that were stolen from a reptile shop last year.
John Oliver now has a sewage plant named after himComedian John Oliver made a secret trip to Connecticut last week to help cut the ribbon on a new sign naming the city's sewage treatment plant in his honor.
'There's a lemur!' 5-year-old helps crack SF Zoo theft caseSan Francisco police say they arrested a man suspected in the abduction of a ring-tailed lemur from the city’s zoo, where officials rewarded a 5-year-old boy who helped r...
