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November 19, 2017

India passenger train hits, kills 2 endangered Asian elephants

Two endangered Asian elephants have been hit and killed by a passenger train near the city of Gauhati in northeastern India.

November 16, 2017

Russian zookeeper describes 'torture' while tiger mauled her, report says

A Russian zookeeper recounted the horrifying moment when a Siberian tiger sneaked up on her and “sank his teeth” into her as her life flashed before her eyes in the 10 minutes that felt like “an eternity.”

November 16, 2017

Lobzilla? Fear as fisherman finds giant claw from 'monster' lobster

A fisherman in North Wales got a big surprise in his catch recently – a giant lobster claw larger than a human hand.

November 16, 2017

Denver has bizarre law that prohibits you from declawing your cat

Declawing cats is now prohibited in Denver.

November 15, 2017

Brooklyn rat carrying avocado on subway tracks caught on video

The internet’s most famous rodent, pizza rat, may get upstaged by his hipster Brooklyn counterpart, avocado rat.

November 15, 2017

Stray cat becomes suspect in 'attempted murder' of Japanese woman

From the files of the unbelievable – a stray cat is being investigated for an attempted murder of an 82-year-old woman in Japan.

November 15, 2017

Effort to save rare 'panda of the sea' instead kills one

The goal was to make a move that could save a species; instead, it killed one of the last vaquitas left on the planet.

November 15, 2017

As snakes invade Thailand’s capital, it’s firefighters who are coming to the rescue

For some of Bangkok's bravest, there are more calls now to catch snakes than to put out fires.

November 14, 2017

Zombie ants are scarier than you ever imagined

When you think of zombies, perhaps George A. Romero's film "Night of the Living Dead" or the hit TV show "The Walking Dead" come to mind. But now there's a new category for mindless eating machines – ants.

November 14, 2017

Gay lions? Not quite, despite photograph

A photograph of two male lions seemingly in an amorous embrace has some humans clutching their pearls.