A lost border collie has been rescued alive after her owner fell from a tall waterfall in New Zealand bush.

A veteran South African politician is campaigning for mayor of Johannesburg by snorkeling in a giant, water-filled trench.

Chesney the kangaroo jumped an eight-foot fence to escape his petting zoo in Wisconsin, spending three days on the lam.

The only person left out of millions who entered men's and women's NCAA tournament brackets in ESPN's competition is an eighth-grader from suburban Pittsburgh.

Travelers passing through Philadelphia International Airport may have expected long security lines, but the longest line was made of cheesesteaks.

It might seem impossible to get away from the constant barrage of news these days.

Snooker great Ronnie O’Sullivan has made the highest-ever break in the professional game.

Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out because its brown eyes were moving.

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare has sued a patient who refuses to leave a hospital room, even though doctors discharged her more than five months ago.

Warsaw Zoo has created a new emergency drop-off system that gets injured birds treated fast.

A Thai zoo said police has arrested a man after he entered the enclosure of Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippo.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol's newest recruit has floppy ears, four legs and a powerful tool for finding people.

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys.

An independent researcher has asserted that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo.

A crocodile has been caught in an Australian creek on the temperate east coast far from the species' tropical habitat.

Archaeologists have found a prehistoric human skeleton deep inside a flooded cave system on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.

Officials in Florida say an injured mother manatee and her calf have been rescued from a river and taken to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has clarified comments he made about alien life on a podcast over the weekend.

Larry the cat is marking 15 years as Britain’s Chief Mouser at 10 Downing Street, a symbol of stability in turbulent political times.

Dozens of dogs dressed as alligators, fairies and superheroes have gathered at a Rio de Janeiro Carnival street party as their owners protested cruelty against pets.

For fans of the Milan Cortina Olympic mascots, the eponymous Milo and Tina, it’s been nearly impossible to find a plush toy of the stoat siblings in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Temperatures in northern Europe have been so low that Estonians can now drive across a 12 1/2-mile stretch of frozen sea.

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.