Archive for February 2026

A Maryland man made a stop for lunch during his break for lunch and ended up winning a $50,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket.

A skier who slipped out of her seat on a California ski lift was kept from falling by her sister and a friend — and it was all caught on camera.

Firefighters in Maine came to the rescue of a “sharply dressed tuxedo cat” that made its way to the steep roof of a home and wouldn’t come down.

Chinese social media was recently outraged by the case of Xiaohui, a 10-year-old boy from Zhengzhou in Henan province, northern China, who was left with no choice but to sue his own father in order to get his savings back. The father had opened a bank account for Xiaohui and had deposited the boy’s so-called…

A wildlife rescuer in Missouri said he was shocked when a call about a monkey in a homeowner’s garage turned out to involve an actual capuchin monkey.

Sipping a cup of coffee while taking in a breathtaking view should be a relaxing experience, but you’ll have a hard time letting loose at Cliff Coffee, a unique café in Fujian, China. Located on a sheer cliff face, about 60 meters above sea level, it proudly bills itself as ‘the world’s most extreme café’.…

Workers are an integral part of ant societies, with most colonies unable to survive without them. But researchers recently confirmed that at least one ant species has evolved to not only survive but thrive without any workers, or males, for that matter. Temnothorax kinomurai, a species of ant endemic to Japan, is unlike any ant…

An Australian snake catcher responded to a late night call from a Queensland resident who found a large carpet python lurking in their bathroom.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul stepped in to help a Long Island grandfather win his battle over a customized license plate reading “PB4WEGO.”

A toucan on the loose in Las Vegas since November 2025 has been safely captured after flying into a local homeowner’s garage.