The Giraffe Conservation Foundation asked scientists to carry out a genetic analysis of giraffes in Namibia, southwest Africa, merely to understand how similar, or not, different populations were to each other, and how that could help in conservation effo.....»»

Surfing team tryouts in California were interrupted by a four-legged friend who apparently wanted to get in on the fun. Surfing team tryouts in California were interrupted by a four-legged friend who apparently wanted to get in on the fun......»»

Earlier this year, enterprising theatre troupe The Torn Out Theatre company stripped one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays down to its bare bones. Okay, we’ll cut it out with the euphemisms. The troupe’s actresses performed “The .....»»

2017 is lookin’ mighty fine.  Hunky police officers, firefighters and military veterans from across Texas recently posed with precious rescue pups for a new calendar that’s raising money for local rescue centers. The issue is part of phot.....»»

An Oklahoma jail inmate bear-hugged a fellow prisoner into submission to stop his violent assault on a detention officer. Robert Hammock came to the rescue of officer Matthew Hudson after Tashka Maret began kicking and punching him at Payne County Jail on.....»»

Talk about being all up in someone’s grill. A man in Dayton, Ohio, is facing indecency charges after a witness reported seeing him attempt to have sex with the front grill of a van parked on the street. Officers responding to a call Tuesday evening .....»»

When police in Largo, Florida, arrested Jeffrey Forrest Poole on charges of violently resisting a police officer, the authorities made sure to list things like his age, weight and address in his arrest report. Officers also included an alias that Poole ha.....»»

It may sound like fast food, but its assembly is anything but speedy.  The Nutri-burger is a patty made of a whole lot of ingredients, including medicinal mushrooms, beet, natto and quinoa, sandwiched between a matcha gluten-free brioche bun wit.....»»

The Slow Mo Guys like to take things slow. And for their latest video, Britons Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy have decelerated things even further by filming a Pyrex jug being obliterated at an astonishing 343,915 frames per second. That’s a star.....»»

Fire crews used dish soap to free a curious cat who got her head stuck in the grate of a storm drain. The 1-year-old kitty was discovered dangling by her neck from a sewer cover in Winchendon, Massachusetts, on Thursday. It’s believed she found.....»»

Buddhist monks in eastern Canada have returned eight crate-loads of live lobsters that were destined for the dinner table back to the ocean. Some 600 pounds of the crustaceans were released into the waters off the coast of Prince Edward Island by monks fr.....»»

If you thought trees were gator-free zones, think again. This photo of what appears to be an alligator in a tree, snapped by Ronald Saracino of Cape Coral, Florida, is proving fairly alarming to people who assumed alligators were ground-bound. GATOR IN A.....»»

It's official. Kiwi cops have the slickest b-boy moves on the beat. Serving officers popped and locked until they dropped during a surprise performance at the national Hip Hop Unite national championships in Wellington, New Zealand, on Saturday night.....»»

It's official. Kiwi cops have got the slickest b-boy moves on the beat. Serving officers popped and locked until they dropped during a surprise performance at the national Hip Hop Unite championships in Wellington, New Zealand, on Saturday night. Wat.....»»

A sharp-shooting army veteran is being hailed a hero for saving a bald eagle that had gotten tangled in rope 75-foot up a tree. Jason Galvin used a .22 caliber rifle to fire 150 shots at the rope and branches surrounding the feathered creature — Ame.....»»

New Zealand made its biggest ever cocaine bust after finding $10 million worth of the drug stashed inside a diamante-encrusted sculpture of a horse's head. Police officers and customs officials seized the artwork, which weighed 880 pounds, shortly after i.....»»

New Zealand made its biggest ever cocaine bust after finding $10 million worth of the drug stashed inside a diamante-encrusted sculpture of a horse's head. Police officers and customs officials seized the artwork, which weighed 880 pounds, shortly after i.....»»

No more barbecue for a bit. A snake is seen just hanging out and enjoying the sun on a backyard grill in this picture shared by the Colorado Association of Animal Control Officers. The large bull snake was looking for a meal, but not necessarily hot .....»»

Little Spot is a pretty big winner.  The village of Ramygala, Lithuania held its annual goat beauty pageant on Sunday, and the winner was a female goat named Demyte, a.k.a. "Little Spot."  "When you have free time, it's very pleasant to take pa.....»»

Banksy, it's probably best you look away now. The Slow Mo Guys are back with a phenomenal new video in which they obliterate a bunch of cans of spray paint. Britons Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy use a variety of objects to destroy the aerosol sprays i.....»»