Bear falls from tree, lands on inflatable castle

Animals

Dog bites woman but woman gets vote A woman running for the Michigan Legislature was bitten by a dog while going door to door. The dog's distressed owner has made amends: Ann Doyle can put a campaign sign on his property. Doyle says she didn't see the dog until it was too late Wednesday. She was campaigning in Saginaw County... - Posted on May 20, 2012
Dog rescued that fell into well Deputy sheriffs and rescue personnel in South Carolina have reunited a 4-year-old cocker spaniel with her family after she fell down a 30-foot well. The dog, Reese, wanted to see what her family members were doing as they worked to repair a home well. The dog jumped on top of the well Frid... - Posted on May 20, 2012
Cats and squirrel living together! A baby squirrel is finding a home of sorts alongside a cat and her kittens in Michigan. Eight-year-old Bailee Schultz heard the squirrel whimpering a few weeks ago in a wooded area of his grandparents' property in Bay County's Bangor Township. Stephanie Box says Bailee brought her to the s... - Posted on May 13, 2012
Calico lobster on display So you think blue lobsters are rare? The New England Aquarium is holding a lobster that's way rarer than that. The aquarium in Boston says it has a calico lobster that could be a 1-in-30 million find. The lobster is dark with bright orange and yellow spots. It was caught off Winter ... - Posted on May 10, 2012
Monkey, see; Monkey do: Orangutans on iPods The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest. The orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island apparently are just like people when it comes to ... - Posted on May 9, 2012
Wolves – they're cute when they're small 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. The Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem announced Monday that five males and three females ... - Posted on May 7, 2012
Chihuahua costume party falls short of record Hundreds of tiny tacos, ballerinas and other costumed dogs fell short of a world record Saturday morning in Kansas City, but organizers said they were encouraged by the turnout for the inaugural Cinco de Mayo Chihuahua parade. Mark Valentine, the president of the group that organized the p... - Posted on May 6, 2012
Dad finds his son's turtle - from 1965 A Pennsylvania man says he's found a turtle his son befriended back in 1965 — complete with the initials the boy carved in the turtle's shell 47 years ago. Eighty-five-year-old Holland Cokeley says she found the box turtle on the family's 4.5-acre spread earlier this week and e-mailed p... - Posted on May 3, 2012
A harmonica-playing elephant? Why not! An elephant named Shanthi at the Smithsonian's National Zoo plays a harmonica with her trunk and appears to love doing it. Video released Wednesday by the zoo in Washington shows the 36-year-old Asian elephant has a harmonica attached to her stall and plays tunes even when no humans are wi... - Posted on May 3, 2012
Bear falls from tree, lands on inflatable castle When a black bear climbed a tree in a central Arkansas city and refused to come down, authorities turned to unconventional rescue tools: bouncy houses. Foster the Bear wouldn't budge from his branch Monday. So, authorities turned to a local hardware store owner who rents inflatable houses ... - Posted on May 2, 2012