Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary groundhog that lives in a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, has issued the most highly anticipated weather forecast of the season: six more weeks of winter.
Punxsutawney Phil’s handlers say he’s seen his shadow and is therefore predicting six more weeks of winter weather.
Wildlife officials say a large exotic lizard was found buried in the snow in Rhode Island.
Scientists on a research vessel off the California coast are marveling at a rare find — a waved albatross was spotted soaring over the Pacific.
A Kentucky family battling extreme cold temperatures on their farm over the weekend opened their home to a newborn calf that was struggling in the deep freeze.
Scotty's Castle, built in the 1920s, is tucked away in the desert in Death Valley National Park and was one of the park's biggest attractions.
Hundreds of people in Spain have watched horses gallop through flames as part of the centuries-old tradition called Las Luminarias.
A huge black bear has finally been evicted from a crawl space under a Los Angeles area house where it had been living since Thanksgiving.
Police say a Pennsylvania man who had about 100 sets of human remains is charged with stealing from a graveyard at the edge of Philadelphia.
A dog traveling from a South Carolina shelter to a planned new home in Maine escaped during a bathroom break along the New Jersey Turnpike.
Firefighters in Rhode Island rescued a yellow Labrador named Phoenix on New Year's Day after he fell through an ice-covered pond.
A group of Peruvian shamans gathered in front of the sea in the Miraflores district of Peru’s capital city to carry out an annual ritual in which they make predictions for the upcoming year.
Auction bidders spent top dollar for some of the final pennies to be circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the cent’s production.
Police have recovered a James Bond-inspired Fabergé pendant after six days of waiting for it to exit a suspect's gastrointestinal tract.
In the Ecuadorian Andes, young Otavalo Indigenous people are using anime to inspire pride in their culture and language.
Police in New Zealand are monitoring a man accused of swallowing a $19,000 pendant with the intention of smuggling it out of a jewelry store.
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution has sold for more $30 million.
A copy of the first Superman issue, unearthed by a trio of brothers cleaning out their late mother’s attic, netted $9.12 million at a Texas auction house which says it is the most expensive comic book ever sold.
A Michigan veterinarian will serve 10 days in jail for refusing to return a dog to a homeless man after finding the ailing pit bull mix tied to a truck.
Fire teams in Israel rescued a teenager who was stuck dangling for seven hours from a crane hanging 36 stories high above Jerusalem.
A Missouri judge who wore an Elvis Presley wig in his courtroom and played the singer’s music from his phone during court proceedings has agreed to a deal that would cut his career on the bench short.
A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when a cat carcass crashed into her windshield.
Natalie Paine, a French horn player in New Zealand’s navy, has been stationed in Antarctica on a military posting since October.
A prisoner in Australia is challenging a state's ban on Vegemite in prisons, claiming that denying him the polarizing yeast spread violates his human rights.
Oklahoma coach Jennie Baranczyk hears the popular catchphrase “6-7” all the time at home, possibly more often than please and thank you.
The Marine Mammal Center has rescued a sea otter pup in Morro Bay, California, after it was separated from its mother.
The results of the new study, published last month in the journal Subterranean Biology, spread rapidly online due to the striking images of the giant 1,140-square-foot spider web, a carpet-thick sprawl that stretches along a narrow passage wall inside Sulfur Cave, which extends into Albania from its entrance in Greece.
Luis Rubiales has been pelted by eggs thrown by his own uncle as the former head of Spain's soccer federation presented a memoir relating his downfall after kissing a player at the 2023 Women's World Cup.
The first major blast of wintry weather in the U.S. this week brought snow, frigid temperatures and in some places something a little more magical: Frost flowers.
Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety.
Scientists have captured rare footage of remoras, also known as sucker fish, hitching rides on humpback whales off the coast of Australia.
As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and scientists now say those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known.
A bird sighting on New York's Long Island has avian enthusiasts flocking to the region in the hopes of spotting a feathered friend who has never been seen before in the state.
Lions, tigers and bears that managed to survive in substandard conditions at a now-shuttered zoo on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, paced weakly in their claustrophobic cages on Thursday, waiting their turn to receive urgent veterinary care for the first time in years.
A long-hidden Picasso portrait of muse Dora Maar has sold for 32 million euros at auction, including fees.
Spanish police have arrested seven people suspected of stealing over 1,100 chairs from outdoor seating areas at restaurants and bars.
During an annual fall event where giant elephants smash massive pumpkins, a baby elephant was too small to crush the largest gourds, which weigh around 1,000 pounds.
Dogs dressed up as everything from Elvis Presley to Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine went trick-or-treating in Michigan.
The Big 12 fined Kansas $25,000 for coach Lance Leipold’s statement that a pocketknife was thrown at his staff during the Jayhawks’ game at Texas Tech last weekend.
Protesters are pedaling through Portland's streets wearing nothing or close to it to rally against the Trump administration.
In the contest for best scrapple sculpture in Philadelphia on Friday it was the “Mush Push” fashioned from the regionally popular pork breakfast meat that got Patrick Moser’s entry over the goal line.
Century-old wreaths made from human hair fill the walls of Leila’s Hair Museum, and glass cases overflow with necklaces and watch bands made from the locks of the dead.
Police in Northern California pulled over a self-driving Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn.
New Zealand’s annual bird election has crowned the kārearea, or New Zealand falcon, as Bird of the Year.
Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room.
When Alex Babich looks up at the 35-foot sunflower towering over his Fort Wayne, Indiana, backyard, he sees more than just a plant.
A dying octopus in a Southern California aquarium is receiving an outflowing of love and well wishes as she spends her final days pouring her last energy into caring for her eggs.
Thousands of redheads from all over the world are gathering in the southern Dutch city of Tilburg for a once-a-year festival to celebrate their flaming locks.
Finland's air force is moving to remove swastikas from its flags, partly due to the awkwardness it creates with Western allies.
Thousands of people from around the world seeking a uniquely messy thrill have spent a wild hour flinging bushels of overripe tomatoes at each other.
A pair of ospreys have disrupted the fall sports season at a Minnesota high school by nesting on a light pole on the football field.
Some cottontail rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, have been drawing attention because they have wart-like growths on their faces that look like horns.