A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid.

Perched on two fingers on the roof of an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, the giant sculpture of a hand has loomed over the city for five years.

For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween.

A rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000.

Actor Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own look-alike contest in Lower Manhattan.

British chef Jamie Oliver is on the case of the stolen cheddar.

Thieves with a nose for fine cheese have pulled off a massive cheddar ripoff in London.

A special kind of beauty contest featuring bats kicked off in the lead-up to Halloween.

A makeshift aquarium that popped up this summer in a puddle beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant is no more.

Travelers leaving the New Zealand city of Dunedin will have to keep their emotional farewells brief after a new three-minute time limit was imposed on goodbye hugs in the airport’s drop-off area in order to prevent lingering cuddles from causing traffic jams.

A British chestnut-whacking champion has been cleared of cheating after an investigation into alleged malfeasance at the World Conker Championships.

A worker at a wildlife park in Crimea has died after being attacked by lions.

Advocacy groups behind a so-called suicide capsule say they have suspended the process of taking applications for its use as a criminal investigation into its first use in Switzerland is completed.

The owner of a water buffalo that ran loose in a Des Moines, Iowa, suburb for days in August has pleaded guilty for having an animal at large.

Flooding in northern Thailand has forced many residents of the city of Chiang Mai and its outskirts to seek safety on higher ground, with members of the animal world under similar threat.

The question of whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi can stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches was resolved when the Massachusetts governor stepped in to protect Nibi.

Police and firefighters in New Hampshire have responded to an unusual call — a moose trapped in a backyard swimming pool.

It’s tarantula mating season on the Colorado plains, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate.

Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat.

A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium.

The National Toy Hall of Fame is floating the idea of inducting balloons.

A photograph by a naturalist captured a seemingly bewildered seal in the mouth of a humpback whale after the giant marine mammal unintentionally gulped it.

The winner of the Florida Python Challenge removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Everglades.

The hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin won New Zealand's annual Bird of the Year vote, after a fierce contest without the foreign interference and controversies that have upset the country's avian elections before.