By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/15/2025 4:10 PM

Police and animal rescuers in Pennsylvania are teaming up to attempt to capture multiple escaped pigs seen wandering loose near a Lancaster County country club. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/15/2025 4:03 PM

A Connecticut city dished out more than 9,000 slices of savory pie to more than 4,500 people to break the Guinness World Record for the largest pizza party. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/15/2025 4:02 PM

An Illinois Lottery player heard a rumor at work that someone had scored a $1 million prize at a local gas station -- and it turned out to be their own ticket. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/15/2025 3:01 PM

Peru claimed victory in the "World Cup of Breakfasts," a viral online contest organized by Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos, with its signature pan con chicharrón. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/15/2025 1:35 PM

A Florida woman taking her dog for a walk near a stagnant creek ended up punching an alligator in the face to rescue the canine from the predator's jaws. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/15/2025 12:57 PM

Hundreds of people sharing the same first name met up in New York for the second-ever "Rytoberfest" to celebrate the moniker Ryan and attempt a world record. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/15/2025 11:28 AM

A herd of escaped goats in Baltimore were rounded up and returned home by police in cooperation with local animal control officers and neighborhood children. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/12/2025 3:04 PM

A small gecko from the Mediterranean region found its way onto the Channel Island of Guernsey via a traveler's suitcase, a local animal rescue said. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/12/2025 2:36 PM

A Michigan man was in for a happy surprise after learning he won $150,000 -- three times what he expected -- in a Powerball drawing in August. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/12/2025 9:00 AM

In the realm of unique but unofficial holidays, Friday marks National Video Games Day -- not to be confused with National Video Game Day celebrated in July. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/11/2025 1:51 PM

A New York resident's home security camera captured the moment a package of pet food was stolen from their porch by a masked porch pirate -- a hungry raccoon. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/11/2025 11:07 AM

A champion ice skater from Hungary took her jump rope out onto the ice and broke a Guinness World Record for most skips in one minute with her skates on. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/11/2025 10:43 AM

A British zoo announced the hatching of eight casque-headed iguana babies whose eggs were laid in unusual circumstances -- their mother has never met a male. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 1:23 PM

Police in Texas reunited a man with his blind and flightless pigeon after the pet bird hitched a ride in the bed of a pickup truck at the owner's business. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 12:58 PM

A Florida family's missing cat turned up weeks later at a North Carolina shelter more than 900 miles from her home, and was reunited thanks to a microchip. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 11:40 AM

Animal rescuers in Ontario are trying to find the owner of a large exotic reptile -- a desert kingsnake -- found wandering loose along a road in Cambridge. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 11:05 AM

Firefighters in England responded to a call for "an animal in need of rescue" in Berkshire and ended up saving a pet lizard stranded high up in a tree. ... Read full Story

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By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/9/2025 2:20 PM

A Florida sheriff's office shared video from the tense encounter that resulted when a K-9 searching for a suspect in the woods came face-to-face with a bear. ... Read full Story

By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/9/2025 2:10 PM

A serial Guinness World Record-breaker took some time during an ocean cruise to spit a table tennis ball at a wall and break a record for the third time. ... Read full Story