Video shot by a tourist over the weekend in Yellowstone National Park is yet another recent example of why it’s important to keep a safe distance...
The first birth of a red ruffed lemur at the San Diego Zoo in 13 years took place last month, the park reported Wednesday. The male born May...
Horror film “The Purge” has inspired copycat murders. Indiana resident Johnathan Cruz is facing 3 counts of murder and other crimes, saying that he was inspired...
In a world in which we’re constantly inundated with images of what the perfect body “should” look like, it’s hard to feel great about your body unless it meshes with what you...
Strap on your birthday hats and break out the cake and candles, because a new ‘dragon’ just hatched inside Postojna Cave in southwestern Slovenia! No, they’re...
Swiss engineer Carl Eduard Gruner first imagined it in 1947: a massive tunnel, unprecedented in length, buried a mile and a half under Switzerland’s symbolic Gotthard mountain...
Seven new species of Australian peacock spider have been discovered. Known for their bright colours and distinctive mating displays, tiny peacock spiders are more cute than...
WE’VE HAD A lot of explosive volcanic eruptions to discuss over the past few months, but now it’s time for a couple places where lava flows dominate to take center stage....
Here’s something you don’t see every day. A massive alligator interrupted a round of golf at Buffalo Creek Golf Course in Palmetto, Florida. Charles Helms said he...
A Thai man is recovering in hospital after a 3m (10ft) python emerged from a squat toilet and sank its teeth into his penis. Attaporn Boonmakchuay...