Nearly every kids dreams about meeting a dinosaur, but when this kid had his chance, it was too much.

It looks just like iRobot's Roomba vacuuming machine, except the new circular roaming vacuum cleaner from Sharp Corp. is trilingual, and even knows a hip humorous dialect.

Eight rare Mexican wolf pups have been born at a preserve in the New York City suburbs, a development that could aid the federal program that has reintroduced the endangered species to the wild.

South Korea has seized thousands of smuggled drug capsules filled with powdered flesh from dead babies, which some people believe can cure disease, officials said Monday.

A cat that got national attention for tipping the scales at 39 pounds has died from apparent complications of his morbid obesity, an animal shelter said Monday.

Take a panel of seven foodies and ply them with with exotic versions of popular American snacks from around the world, and these are the reactions you get. Tentative nibbles and scrunched noses.

Authorities in Kentucky are making use of old school buses that are being turned into ambulances. Each one can carry up to 18 patients, which officials say will be of great help in case of a major accident or disaster.

Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, needed a CT scan after a scuffle Thursday night with another gorilla, said Doug Armstrong, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

The National Park Service says the Colorado blue spruce died of "transplant shock." It came from a tree farm in New Jersey last year and was planted on the Ellipse just south of the White House in March 2011.

Acting on a tip, U.S. marshals in Arizona put an end to an Illinois couple's life on the lam, a dozen years after they fled punishment for running a Ponzi scheme, authorities said.

A 13-year-old New York boy who played field hockey growing up in Ireland has been told that after two years as a member of the Southampton High School girls' team, he is now too skilled to qualify.

That notion about people getting strange under a full moon is just folklore and it's a good thing too because tonight is the night of the super-moon.

A Florida man is charged with felony drunken driving and wildlife violations after police discovered a small monkey in his truck.

A Connecticut seventh-grader says workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City didn't believe him when he pointed out an inaccuracy with a map that was on exhibit.

Thirteen years after Oregon became one of the first states to make medical marijuana legal, Wallace and business partner Michael Shea think they've found a way to fit in the big gray area.

One man and two horses from California are on their way to New York City in hopes to raise money and awareness for a rare diseases.

After two days of being handcuffed in a tiny holding cell, Daniel Chong said he realized he had to stop wondering when he'd be let out and start thinking about how to stay alive.

One of the most iconic images in art history has become the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

An elephant named Shanthi at the Smithsonian's National Zoo plays a harmonica with her trunk and appears to love doing it.

The wolf dog hybrid named Chief - once ordered destroyed for aggressive behavior - will become a guard dog at Louisiana's maximum security prison.

The Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in South Knoxville was just one of the many places that saw damage after the April 2011 hail storm. It's been a long year but they have finally figured out a way to replace the roof while keeping the character of the church and the cost intact.

And the winner is ... a man who drills his own holes in a frozen river to study the best conditions for hitting the jackpot in Alaska's biggest annual guessing game.

Shelbyville Police jailed a man whose currency wasn't current. Later, the arresting officer told Lorenzo Gaspar he was sorry he'd arrested him after discovering the $50 bill was real.

A postcard mailed from Chicago in 1958 has finally reached its intended recipient, but not without a little help from Facebook.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. and U.K. users will be able to enroll as organ donors via links on the world's biggest social networking site.