A new study released on Wednesday has found some Australian birds are changing the way they sing, so they can be heard over traffic noise.
New Year's revelers in a small Arkansas town were enjoying midnight fireworks when they noticed something other than sparks falling from the sky: thousands of dead blackbirds.
Iran says it's cracking down on the symbols of Valentine's Day.
A powerful laser tracked an Australia's Jetstar Airways passenger aircraft on Wednesday for about 10 kilometers as it was going to land in Newcastle.
An 8-month-old German Shepherd is shown stuck in a hole in an 18-inch block wall in Desert Hot Springs, California Dec 27, 2010 in this photograph released by the Riverside County Animal Services December 27, 2010.
A laborer in the northern Indian state Haryana is reported to have become the country's oldest father at the age of 94.
Elephant football is one of the highlights of the annual Chitwan Elephant Festival, which attracts many tourists as well as locals.
Brazilian police are investigating the case of an elderly woman who was declared dead - only to wake up hours later inside a coffin in a funeral home.
Elephants dressed as Santa Claus perform for students during Christmas celebrations at Jirasart school in Ayutthaya, 70 km (44 miles) north of Bangkok, Dec 24, 2010.
A primary school science project has for the first time appeared in Biology Letters on Wednesday, which is an internationally recognized peer-reviewed academic journal.
A dog in Germany has given birth to 17 puppies, leaving their owner thrilled but fatigued after having to feed them with a bottle for several weeks because their mother couldn't cope with the demand.
A row has broken out in Uganda over an attempt by President Yoweri Museveni to copyright a "rap" he performed that has become a smash hit on the African country's radio stations and in its nightclubs.
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