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A lost cat's mysterious 2-month, 900-mile journey home to California
A gray cat living an extraordinary life of visits to the beach and trips to the lake went on his biggest adventure alone: traveling hundreds of miles from Wyoming to California.
A bewildered seal found itself in the mouth of a humpback whale
A photograph by a naturalist captured a seemingly bewildered seal in the mouth of a humpback whale after the giant marine mammal unintentionally gulped it.
A smelly penguin wins New Zealand's hard-fought bird election
The hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin won New Zealand's annual Bird of the Year vote, after a fierce contest without the foreign interference and controversies that have upset the country's avian elections before.
A cat named Drifter is safe after sneaking out and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly 8 weeks
A cat aptly named Drifter is safe at home after sneaking out and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly eight weeks.
Studies on pigeon-guided missiles, swimming abilities of dead fish among Ig Nobels winners
A study that explores the feasibility of using pigeons to guide missiles and one that looks at the swimming abilities of dead fish were among the winners of this yearโs Ig Nobels, the prize for comical scientific achievement.
No neigh-sayers: Live horses join first-day veterinary students for anatomy lecture in Hungary
First-year veterinary students in Hungary are being joined by two full-grown horses in their lecture hall for the first anatomy lesson of their academic careers.
Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative
Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in โPiece by Piece,โ about the producer-turned-pop star Pharrell Williams, and โBetter Man,โ about the British singer Robbie Williams.
A young golden eagle attacks a toddler in Norway, its fourth such assault on humans
A young golden eagle attacked a toddler in Norway in what an ornithologist says is likely the same birdโs fourth such attack on humans in the past week.
Huge payout expected for a rare coin bought by Ohio farm family and hidden for decades
Three sisters from Ohio who inherited a dime kept in a bank vault for more than 40 years knew it had some value.
A man was charged with killing 81 animals in a three-hour shooting rampage
A man suspected of going on a three-hour shooting rampage in Northern California and killing 81 animals, including miniature horses, goats and chickens, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and other charges.
Half a house for half a million dollars: Home crushed by tree hits market near Los Angeles
Newly listed for sale in Southern Californiaโs notoriously pricey realty market: half a house for half a million dollars.
A celebrity 'Russian spy' whale spotted with harness found dead in Norwegian waters
A white beluga whale named โHvaldimirโ that was first spotted in Norway not far from Russian waters with a harness that ignited rumors he may be a Moscow spy has been found dead.
Ohio regulators: Marijuana sellers can't give out food from ice cream truck
Ohioโs Division of Cannabis Control has proposed fines totaling more than $200,000 against five businesses for violating the stateโs advertising rules for marijuana sellers.
German warship blasts Darth Vader anthem in heart of London. 'No deeper message,' navy says.
Germanyโs navy says there was "no deeper messageโ in the choice to blast the famed Imperial March โ Darth Vaderโs theme song in the โStar Warsโ films โ from one of its warships as it cruised down the River Thames through London.
Sam Sam the Kittycat Man ran away. Thanks to a microchip, he was found close by โ 11 years later
A cat in South Carolina has been reunited with his owner after 11 years thanks to a microchip.
A hunterโs graveyard shift: grabbing pythons in the Everglades
In the dead of night, hunters go deep into the Florida Everglades, searching for the invasive Burmese pythons that are eating up mice, rabbits and other prey.
Georgia mayor faces felony charges after investigators say he stashed alcohol in ditch for prisoners
The mayor of a small Georgia town has been indicted on charges that he illegally left a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew.
A rarely seen deep sea fish is found in California, and scientists want to know why
A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast.
There's an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar nerds. Is it Harris' or Harris's?
Whatever possessed Vice President Kamala Harris to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, it probably wasnโt a desire to inflame arguments about apostrophes.
Large desert tortoise rescued from Arizona highway after escaping from ostrich ranch 3 miles away
State Department of Public Safety troopers recently helped rescue an escaped sulcata tortoise that was attempting to cross Interstate 10 near Picacho.
A homemade aquarium appeared in a Brooklyn tree bed. Then came the goldfish heist
A makeshift aquarium established by two longtime Brooklyn residents in a sidewalk tree pit often flooded by a leaky fire hydrant has stirred controversy.
Australia and New Zealand are locked in a battle of tongue in cheek after Mฤori words are removed
New Zealand's prime minister is defending the removal of basic Mฤori phrases meaning โhelloโ and โNew Zealandโ from a lunar new year invitation to an Australian official.
A 19th-century shipwreck is filled with Champagne bottles and Sweden won't allow anyone a sip
Swedish officials say no one will be allowed to fish out any of the nearly 100 bottles of 19th-century Champagne and mineral water nestled in a shipwreck off southern Sweden without proper authorization.
Argentina coach slams chaotic 'scandal' at Olympic soccer match vs Morocco
The head of Argentinaโs soccer federation says the chaotic ending to its Olympic soccer match against Morocco โmakes no sense,โ and Argentinaโs coach called the scene โa scandal.โ.
Olympic soccer gets off to violent and chaotic start as Morocco fans rush the field vs Argentina
Morocco fans crashed the pitch to protest a late goal by Argentina at the opening match of the Paris Olympics menโs soccer tournament.
Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans
The Downtown Aquarium in Denver has a new resident โ a rare orange lobster that was rescued from a shipment of crustaceans delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Pueblo, Colorado.
These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted them
An Australian art museum curator has divulged that she was the creator of three paintings that she presented as works by Pablo Picasso -- and which prompted a gender discrimination case when she only permitted female gallery patrons to view them.
This nearly 10-foot Gatsby sub is made by a South African restaurant with a taste for the supersized
A South African restaurant and bar has served up a sandwich that's nearly 10 feet long in the latest offering from an establishment with a taste for the supersized.
Flying objects and shrunken heads: World UFO Day feted amid surge in sightings, government denials
World UFO Day is being celebrated amid a surge in sightings and government studies on unidentified flying objects.
Theodore Roosevelt's pocket watch was stolen in 1987. It's finally back at his New York home
A silver pocket watch that belonged to President Theodore Roosevelt is back on public display at his home and national park site in New York, nearly four decades after it was stolen.
Rainforest animal called a kinkajou rescued from dusty highway rest stop in Washington state
A small mammal called a kinkajou was found far from its normal rainforest habitat this week: at a rest stop amid the rolling sagebrush plains of central Washington state.
Shiny monolith removed from mountains outside Las Vegas. How it got there still is a mystery
A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities.
Baby moose trapped in a lake is saved by Alaska man and police as its worried mom watches
An Alaska man and two police officers have joined forces to rescue a baby moose that got stuck between a floatplane and a dock in a lake.
Gleaming monolith pops up in Nevada desert, the latest in a series of quickly vanishing structures
A strange monolith has been found jutting out of a remote mountain peak near Las Vegas.
No lie: Perfectly preserved centuries-old cherries unearthed at George Washington's Mount Vernon
Dozens of bottles of centuries-old, impeccably preserved cherries and berries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in northern Virginia have been discovered during an archaeological dig.
Double take: 23 sets of twins graduate from a single Massachusetts middle school
Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade class.
A Chinese military buff inadvertently bought 4 books of military secrets for under $1
A military history buff in China appears to have made an alarming discovery after picking up four books for less than $1 at a neighborhood recycling station.
These candidates who won seats in the European Parliament this week aren't who you might expect
Social media influencers and candidates in jail have won seats in the powerful European Parliament, with social media playing an outsized role in many elections.
This NYC vet makes house calls. In 'Pets and the City,' she's penned a memoir full of tails
As a city kid, veterinarian Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside healing animals a la the classic โAll Creatures Great and Small.โ.
They're on the edge of glory, and the edge of an art museum, as cliff divers come to Boston
Cliff divingโs marquee event thrilled spectators in Boston as the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series made the 100th stop in its history.
Rare 7-foot fish washed ashore on Oregon's coast garners worldwide attention
A massive rare fish thought to only live in temperate waters in the southern hemisphere has washed up on Oregon's northern coast.
Fossil-hunting diver says he has found a large section of mastodon tusk off Florida's coast
At first, fossil-hunting diver Alex Lundberg thought the lengthy object on the sea floor off Floridaโs Gulf Coast was a piece of wood.
Tokyo City Hall is developing a dating app to encourage marriage and childbirth
Called โTokyo Futari Story,โ the city hallโs new site is just that: An effort to create couples, โfutari,โ in a country where it is increasingly common to be โhitori,โ or alone.
In the UK's top baseball league, crowds are small, babysitters are key and the Mets are a dynasty
Baseball at the highest club level in Britain is competitive but itโs a league in which babysitters are just as important as balls and strikes.
New York magnet fisher catches safe full of soggy $100 bills, he says
James Kane has used a magnet to fish all manner of junk from New York City waterways, but he says the stacks of $100 bills he pulled from a safe were something else entirely.
UK military horses injured after bolting across London in April 'recovering with remarkable speed'
The British Army says that the five military horses that bolted and injured themselves as they ran loose through central London in April are all expected to return to duty.
Powder kegs: 50 years ago, 10-cent beers helped turn a Cleveland baseball game into a bloody riot
Fifty years ago, cheap beer helped turn a routine major league game into a bloody riot.
NYC's rat-hating mayor, Eric Adams, is once again ticketed for rats at his Brooklyn property
New York Cityโs rat-hating mayor has once again been ticketed for a rat infestation at his Brooklyn property.
A pregnant stingray with no male companion now has a 'reproductive disease,' aquarium says
A North Carolina aquarium said in February that a stingray became pregnant with no male companion in its tank and now says the fish has a rare reproductive disease.
What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?
Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.
Mexican government says the arm of a 19th century mummy came off after mishandling by museum staff
Mexico's federal archaeology agency is accusing the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating the countryโs famous mummified 19th century bodies.
Chasing cheese wheels or lugging sacks of wool, UK competitors embrace quirky extreme races
Dairy-loving daredevils have thrown caution to the wind for one of Britainโs most extreme annual events: Cheese rolling.
Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to lock them up and send them away
A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, has launched an offensive against the simian raiders, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit.
Sam Butcher, artist who created Precious Moments figurines of teardrop-eyed children, dies at 85
The artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children has died.
Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
Someoneโs plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke.
A college puts the 'cat' into 'education' by giving Max an honorary 'doctor of litter-ature' degree
A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of โdoctor of litter-atureโ on a cat named Max who has become a beloved member of its community.
A greasy, monumental ritual at the Naval Academy ends after more than 2 hours
A first-year U.S. Naval Academy student has stood victorious on classmates' shoulders and placed an upperclassmanโs cap atop the Herndon Monument after a grueling, slippery struggle.
A Chicago teen entered college at 10. At 17, she earned a doctorate from Arizona State
Dorothy Jean Tillman's participation in Arizona State Universityโs May 6 commencement was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10.
Punxsutawney Phil's babies are named Shadow and Sunny. Just don't call them the heirs apparent
Punxsutawney Philโs offspring have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin.
Australian woman denies murdering her former husband's relatives with poisonous mushroom lunch
A woman accused of serving her ex-husbandโs family poisonous mushrooms with lunch has pleaded not guilty in an Australian court to three charges of murder and five charges of attempted murder.
Escaped zebra captured near Seattle after gallivanting around Cascade mountain foothills for days
A zebra that has been hoofing through the foothills of western Washington for days was recaptured Friday evening nearly a week after she escaped with three other zebras from a trailer near Seattle.
Man says his emotional support alligator, known for its big social media audience, has gone missing
A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator named Wally has gone missing amid the coastal marshes of Georgia.
Zebras get loose near highway exit, gallop into Washington community before most are corralled
There were many people doing double takes Sunday in North Bend, Washington, after four zebras got loose from their trailer and galloped into a neighborhood.
British Army says horses that bolted and ran loose in central London continue 'to be cared for'
The British Army says the military horses that bolted and ran loose when spooked by construction noise in central London earlier this week โcontinue to be cared for and closely observed."
2 military horses that broke free and ran loose across London are in serious condition
A U.K. government official says two riderless military horses that bolted and ran miles through the streets of London after being spooked by construction noise are in serious condition after undergoing operations.
Rush hour chaos in London as 5 military horses run amok after getting spooked during exercise
Five military horses spooked by noise from a building site have bolted during routine exercises near Buckingham Palace in central London and ran loose through the heart of the city.