WEIRD NEWS

The year is 2023, but it might as well be 1997.

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital has plucked a3-inch wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.

A lead box believed to have been placed in the base of a West Point monument by cadets almost two centuries ago yielded no bombshells when unsealed during a livestreamed event, just silt.

Intrepid athletes have donned snorkels and slithered through slime during the World Bog Snorkeling Championships in Britain.

Mystery hunters have converged on a Scottish lake to look for signs of the mythical Loch Ness Monster.

Former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer has learned a lesson about locking his vehicle.

Staff at London Zoo have been getting the measure of giant gorillas, plump penguins and skinny stick insects at the annual animal weigh-in.

Norway is rebuilding a dilapidated reindeer fence along its border with Russia in the Arctic to stop the animals from wandering into the neighboring country.

A new study suggests that deep-sea “hot tubs” may help octopus eggs hatch faster.

A giraffe born without spots at a northeastern Tennessee zoo may be plain, but she's anything but ordinary.

A track for live horse racing in suburban Seattle turned prehistoric over the weekend as more than 200 people ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur costumes.

Police who found a kitten in a stolen car say they have ascertained that the animal belongs to a juvenile suspect who was arrested after the car crashed.

A newly studied species of ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever found.

A New Hampshire man celebrating his birthday with his three daughters saw something so rare that even marine scientists are jealous: three whales leaping from the water in near perfect unison.

As John Wilson gears up to premiere the third and final season of his cult documentary series, “How To With John Wilson,” the filmmaker reflected on how a video camera changes people’s behavior — and how he exploits that for his show.

An American metropolis known for freeways and traffic has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede.

Georgia’s Big Peanut is back.

The search for a rodeo goat that has been missing for more than a week has the residents of a rural South Texas county enthralled as they are using horses, ATVs and even contemplating utilizing a helicopter to find the missing animal.

Wildlife officials are trying to capture a wayward sea otter that has been wresting surfboards away from surfers and aggressively approaching kayakers off the coast of Santa Cruz, California.

Hundreds of divers and snorkelers listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection in the Florida Keys.

New York had its hot dog eating contest to celebrate Independence Day.

Eating superstar Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shook off a rain delay and gobbled his way to another win at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.

Static electricity might help ticks zoom through the air to grab onto people and animals.

As if the smoke and haze sweeping in from fires in Canada weren’t enough, some parts of New York City are swarming with flying insects.