An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extin…
German weekly Der Spiegel is reporting that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II asked her hosts for a gift of two horses during her state visit to Ge…
Residents of Greenland have switched to daylight saving time and moved their clocks one hour forward for the very last time. Unlike most of Eu…
It was the stuff of novels: For years, a con artist plagued the publishing industry, impersonating editors and agents to pull off hundreds of …
A new species of deep-sea worm that lives in extreme hot and cold environments on the ocean floor has been named after a marine scientist from…
Five mischievous boys had to be rescued after they crawled through a storm drain tunnel in New York City and got lost. It happened Tuesday on …
A young zebra walked, trotted, and galloped for hours in the busy streets of South Korea’s capital before emergency workers tranquilized the a…
An escape-artist bear from Missouri is headed to a Texas zoo with a moat in hopes it will put an end to his wandering. The St. Louis Zoo cited…
A Massachusetts man convicted of helping to steal millions of dollars from hundreds of people in online romance scams, often regaling the vict…
Scientists have pulled DNA from Ludwig van Beethoven's hair to look for clues about his many health problems and hearing loss. They weren't ab…
The Supreme Court is hearing a spirited dispute between whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s and the manufacturer of a squeaking dog toy that parodies …
Authorities say two inmates in a Virginia jail used primitive tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape and were found hours…
The lawyer for a 29-year-old woman accused of using false documents to enroll as a New Jersey high school student says she did so because she …
Conservationists want South Carolina to make the Venus fly trap the state’s official carnivorous plant. Supporters say honoring the Venus fly …
Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have halted trains in the northern and southern Netherlands, forcing lengthy cancellations on at least two…
Police say one of two porcupines which went missing from a zoo in central Germany over the weekend has somehow found its way back home. State …
After much public outcry, state officials now say they will let a Louisiana couple keep a 22-pound nutria -- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat…
Millions of fish have washed up dead in southeastern Australia in what authorities and scientists say is caused by floods and hot weather. The…
Six giant African land snails have been found in the luggage of a traveler who flew to Michigan from the west African country of Ghana. U.S. C…
A Louisiana couple has run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria as a pet. A nutria is a rat-tailed, orange-toothed rodent found in …
German authorities say police have detained 42 people as part of a crackdown on gangs suspected of blowing up cash machines. Incidents in whic…
Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later th…
Authorities in Thailand have expanded their search for a metal cylinder with radioactive contents that has gone missing from a power plant, wa…
Old-time baseball players would be appalled. Italy’s dugout at the World Baseball Classic comes outfitted with an espresso machine. And it’s g…
Part of a roof at a shopping mall in Duluth, Minnesota, collapsed as workers were removing several inches of snow. Duluth city spokeswoman Kel…
Scientists have figured out what makes a small see-through fish sometimes shimmer in the light. In a study published Monday, they say the key …
Tokyo’s high court has ordered a retrial for an 87-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for more than five decades. The court says …
A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire was arrested Friday for allegedly screaming and swearing at a snowplow truck operator who recorded the …