After much public outcry, state officials now say they will let a Louisiana couple keep a 22-pound nutria -- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest -- as a pet

Six giant African land snails have been found in the luggage of a traveler who flew to Michigan from the west African country of Ghana

A Louisiana couple has run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria as a pet

German authorities say police have detained 42 people as part of a crackdown on gangs suspected of blowing up cash machines

Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade

For the first time in three decades, the American Kennel Club says the U.S. has a new favorite dog breed

Authorities in Thailand have expanded their search for a metal cylinder with radioactive contents that has gone missing from a power plant, warning the public that it poses a danger to health

Old-time baseball players would be appalled

Part of a roof at a shopping mall in Duluth, Minnesota, collapsed as workers were removing several inches of snow