Archive for February 2026

A zoo in France announced a mother elephant gave birth to a healthy female baby after more than 21 months of pregnancy and 7 hours of labor.

A North Carolina man’s non-winning scratch-off lottery ticket turned into a belated $1 million Christmas present in a second chance drawing.

A resident of a Florida aquarium confirmed to be at least 71 years old has been certified as the oldest manatee ever by Guinness World Records.

A Las Vegas animal rescue group is attempting to capture a loose toucan seen flying free in various locations in the city for several months.

Emergency responders in New York came to the rescue of a mute swan that landed on a frozen pond and wound up with its backside stuck to the ice.

A Connecticut woman captured video when a pair of wild turkeys set their sites on a UPS driver attempting to make neighborhood deliveries.

Robotic companies have made important strides in making their humanoid robots move as naturally as possible. We’ve seen robots with human-like gait, robots capable of running marathons, but the general consensus is that humanoid robots are still far from capable of performing complex tasks and difficult movements. Now, one Chinese robotics giant is proving everyone…

Imagine sleeping peacefully in your bed and being jolted into consciousness by loud swearing in the middle of the night. This was the nightmare endured by dozens of residents of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, who had to put up with the antics of a crazed neighbor. A Taiwanese court of law recently ruled against a woman surnamed Chen…

Transporting wind turbine components is difficult enough, but putting them all together is a different matter entirely. First, there is the terrain, as land-based wind turbines are usually located in large fields or on hills, where some construction equipment simply cannot reach. Then there is the assembly process, which requires specialized machinery. And that’s where…

The cormorant had a triple fishing hook stuck in its beak when it showed up at Klinikum Links der Weser hospital in the northern city of Bremen on Sunday.