A first edition of Charles Darwin's seminal On the Origin of Species will be sold this week after it was found in a family's toilet in southern Britain, an auction house said on Sunday.
Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said.
A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs.
A man who was in a "coma" for 23 years has reportedly revealed that he was conscious the whole time.
An Australian man has been slashed by a kangaroo after he tried to prevent it from drowning his dog Rocky.
The people of Bergen rolled out the cookie dough Monday as local police tried to sniff out vandals who destroyed the Norwegian city's traditional Christmas decoration -- a town of gingerbread houses.
Zookepers in the US have discovered that a tortoise they thought was female for over half a century is actually male.
A 3-year-old boy miraculously survived a fall from his third-floor apartment in Shenyang, Liaoning province, recently.
The winners of this year's canine Oscars have been announced.
A New York man has filed a lawsuit against a Bronx hospital for allegedly throwing his ear in the rubbish after it was ripped off by his son's bull terrier.
A man who got lost when he went out for a newspaper ended up driving almost 400 miles.
A model of Father Christmas has received a NZ$100,000 (£43,884) facelift so that it doesn't scare children.