Romantic human-robot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction -- researchers expect them to become reality within four decades.
A spider monkey used a garden hose to scale the wall of a moat at a Michigan City zoo before being captured at a nearby boat dealership.
A weedy sea dragon at the Georgia Aquarium has something to celebrate this Father's Day.
A ban on bikinis at the city pool is expected to be revised, ending a short-lived prohibition on the popular two-piece pool attire.
A deer with a single horn in the center of its head - much like the fabled, mythical unicorn - has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday.
An Italian couple who were caught having sex in a church confessional box while morning Mass was being said have repented and made peace with the local bishop.
John Lawrence Locher has accomplished many things in his 90 years, including living through the Great Depression, fighting in the Pacific during World War II and a long career with General Motors.
Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food - whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist.
A firefighter in Japan lost his job after city officials found out he had been driving ambulances and firetrucks for over 20 years without a driver's license, an official in Takaoka City, central Japan, said on Tuesday.
A Dutch woman who reached 115 years of age and remained mentally sharp throughout life also had a healthy brain when she died, a new study finds.
Often considered sick, deviant or sinners, gays and lesbians in deeply Catholic Poland are being nudged towards church-steered programmes designed to help them fight their homosexuality.
Rescue crews had to cut apart a portable toilet to rescue a man who got stuck naked inside the potty.
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