Forty thousand costumed revelers took to the streets in Tokushima, Japan, where some dancers emulate "drunken fools" in remembrance of a sake-infused 15th-century celebration.

A starving humpback whale calf—apparently orphaned and trying to suckle yachts near Sydney, Australia, for the past several days—will likely be euthanized, according to scientists.

All mammals—including humans—likely have tiny sensors at the tip of their noses that pick up chemical warnings sent by fellow animals in distress, a mouse study says.

And it's a good thing, the report says—despite the health risks associated with the use of raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland.

A ten-year-old tortoise with paralyzed hind legs has been fitted with wheels at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo—and her "love life" is picking up speed.

A Bigfoot hunter examining the newfound carcass became suspicious when its fur "melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair," he said.

For the second day an apparently orphaned humpback whale calf is trying to nurse from yachts in an Australian harbor. If the whale doesn't get milk soon, the animal could die.

If loud chewing bothers you, never date a sea urchin. The spiny creatures are responsible for a mysterious, twice-daily uproar heard underwater.

No evidence has emerged to support the claimed discovery of the corpse of a seven-foot-tall (two-meter-tall) Sasquatch in the southern U.S.

An apparently injured humpback whale calf in waters near Sydney, Australia, is behaving with a yacht in ways the whale would normally behave with its mother.

Tattoos, Olympic-rings hairstyles, and cross-country bike trips are among the offbeat expressions of athletic and patriotic pride in China during the games.

China has banned dog meat from being served in designated Olympic restaurants, though it is still on the menu elsewhere.

While studying poisonous frogs in the wild, scientist Valerie Clark sometimes licks the amphibians to quickly determine their toxicity.

The largest insectarium in the U.S. recently opened in New Orleans, allowing visitors to touch—and even eat—some of the insects.

A Cuban family claims their hen has laid the largest chicken egg ever recorded in the world.