A group of wandering wild elephants, nicknamed "The Northbound Wild Elephant Eating and Walking Tour," have become an overnight Internet sensation in China and globally. The pac...

Some artists seem to excel at impressing the world with artwork that can only be called unusual at best. First, there was Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian, a series of three sculptu...

Here is some good news for those wilting in the sweltering summer heat — July is National Ice Cream Month!  The "cool" holiday can be credited to Proclamation 5219, signed by fo...

Magawa, an African giant pouched rat trained to sniff out concealed explosive devices, has retired. The rodent, who received British veterinary charity PDSA's gold medal for bra...

Our seemingly calm Sun can have a nasty temper that comes in the form of powerful explosions.  The  star's unpredictable outbursts can disrupt satellites in orbit and be dangero...

Modern-day rhinos, which weigh anywhere from 1,800  to 5,100 pounds, are no lightweights. However,  they pale in comparison to their prehistoric cousin that roamed China about 2...

On July 8, 2021, Zaila Avant-garde outspelled 11 finalists to clinch the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee title. The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana, is the first Af...

The countdown to the 2020 Summer Games has begun. On July 23, 2021, about 11,000 athletes from  206 countries will gather at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, for the opening...

Mark your calendars! It is once again time for the world's biggest and most spectacular meteor showers. The Perseids have been flashing in the night skies at a rate of about a d...

The seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently encountered an unexpected and potentially dangerous situation.  The Russian laboratory module, Nauka, ...