Paddington Bear has received a real British passport. It’s part of a promotional campaign for the new film “Paddington in Peru.”

Kim Nguyen immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam in first grade, and she says her teacher, Teresa Cummings, made a big impact on her life when she was a young girl.

An older penguin at the Kansas City Zoo got a big quality-of-life upgrade. The care team at the zoo designed a custom wetsuit for the 37-year-old named Bridgette.

Two giant pandas from China arrived at their new home last week. They showed up in giant crates at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

A rare copy of the United States Constitution is being auctioned off this week. It’s a printed original from 1787, and was one of the first copies Congress sent to the colonies for ratification.

A Wisconsin shipwreck missing for 130 years was recently found by a lucky pair of historians.

A baby Pygmy hippo has become a social media sensation, leading to a business boom in Thailand.

A wayward sea lion somehow found its way onto an inland highway in California.

A teenager from Fayetteville, North Carolina, is among the youngest pilots in the U.S. Tyler Moore earned his private pilot license this week, just days after he celebrated his 17th birthday.

A 25-foot-long dragon was made from 20 tons of sand at Bradford Beach in Wisconsin.

A group of woodworkers from Wisconsin spend weekends making old-school toys for kids in need.

New York City’s Botanical Gardens have been turned into a green wonderland. It’s a tribute to Lewis Carroll’s classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

A California teenager has unofficially broken a Guinness World Record in what’s called “bike surfing.”

Sixteen-foot-tall inflatable birds are lining the streets of downtown Orlando. The installation is called “Big City Birds.”

A Homeland Security explosives detection dog got a special send-off this week.

The Iowa State Fair crowned its biggest pumpkin on Friday and it was a whopper!