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The bear grabs, then eats, a small bag of five-cent gummy bears

In April 2018, the underwater photographer Ryo Minemizu watched as a creature the size of a ladybug bobbed around 50 feet underwater off the shores of Okinawa, Japan. The thing resembled a jellyfish, a yolk-like center with trailing, wispy tentacles. Minemizu posted photos of the creature to social media, but no one could decipher the […]

The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.

They heard it, felt it, and a couple of people even said a "loud boom" rattled their homes in West Valley, but an explanation on a cause for the boom was a bust

It's a hot one. This edition is chock-full of strange news stories - record heat, drought, strange animal discoveries, weird crimes, many mysteries.

A wild game processor found the three-point deer antler stuck in the mouth of an 11-foot alligator that some hunters had brought in.

Calling all Extraterrestrial enthusiasts! For almost 100 years, scientists, experts, and average homeowners have shared stories and video clips...

Some visitors to Fresh Pond in Cambridge claim to have spotted a mysterious creature out in the water, which they’ve dubbed the “Loch Fresh Monster.” But Cambridge officials say they can explain what it is.

Woman dies after consuming chocolate she received from a mysterious palm reader who predicted that she'd die in a few days.

The alleged leader is accused of illegally harvesting kidneys from more than 300 people in Pakistan.

The female orca was found far from her normal hunting ground with six whole sea otters in its stomach and one lodged between its oral cavity and the esophagus.

The Perseverance rover has captured footage of an unusually large twister, or "dust devil," moving across the Martian landscape. Based on images of the swirling storm, researchers estimate that it could be more than a mile tall.

An Iowa woman who makes jewelry out of animal droppings tried to bring giraffe feces back from an African safari. It was destroyed after being intercepted during a customs check at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Scientists are puzzled by 5,000-year-old bear bones found on the Unalaska and Amaknak Islands in the Aleutians, Alaska. The ancient bones have been a decades-old mystery due to the fact that bears have never lived on those islands.

Temperatures around the world last month were at levels closer to normal for July.

When they reached the location, they realised there was no danger, but only a decorated house with a fake fire raging behind its window.

You won't believe what one hunter found last week after taking down what biologists say was a 1-in-10,000 deer.

Some believe it’s an extraterrestrial spacecraft. NASA says it’s probably just space junk. Here are the facts.

After the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced an Oct. 4 test of its emergency alert system, conspiracy theorists began spreading false rumors that the alert, which is sent to phones, radios and TVs, would activate particles in the COVID-19 vaccine that enable the government to track and control people. Let’s look at the facts.

Hi everyone. I’m happy to present the weekly roundup of news stories that are a bit weird, maybe scary, but par for the course in these strange times. So let’s get going. This week: flamingos in Wisconsin, another alligator fatality, a secretive church is buying out a town, AI continues to generate chaos, and more.

Scientists uncovered viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages, in animal poop and are testing whether they could work as antibiotics.

Hi everyone! Thanks for joining me for another fun-filled episode of the Weekly Weird News. I’m on the road this week so apologies if the writeups are a little shorter than usual. Welcome to new subscribers! As usual, I have a number of animals stories this week and a few weather related anomalies. Let’s go!