An annual event in Maine involving mud, beer and cash has once again drawn dozens of eager competitors.

Witnesses could bear-ly believe the surprise visitor that appeared at the Connecticut governor’s estate.

A woman from China has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak.

A Washington state woman had to flee her property after 50 to 100 raccoons descended on it and were acting aggressively.

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.

Whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court — and caused such an uproar that even the governor has weighed in.

Voting has started in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve.

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.

A cat aptly named Drifter is safe at home after sneaking out and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly eight weeks.

Police in Denmark say a 29-year-old man faces a whopping 86 preliminary charges for reckless driving.

College football players aspire to play in bowl games.

Three sisters from Ohio who inherited a dime kept in a bank vault for more than 40 years knew it had some value.

A man suspected of going on a three-hour shooting rampage in Northern California and killing 81 animals, including miniature horses, goats and chickens, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and other charges.

A 13-foot (4-meter) Burmese python was confiscated from an upstate New York man who was keeping the still-growing snake in a small tank.

Newly listed for sale in Southern California’s notoriously pricey realty market: half a house for half a million dollars.

An ultra swimmer's attempt to cross Lake Michigan is over after 40 hours.