Rare, Mandarin duck spotted in Ohio park

The photographer said that he has been interested in photography for a while, but just picked up wildlife photography about five years ago.

SpaceX Starship crash-lands during highest test flight

SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown.

NASA grows radishes for first time onboard International Space Station

It was one small step for the plant kingdom but a giant leap for NASA after it grew radishes for the first time onboard the International Space Station last month.

Video shows Arecibo Observatory cables snapping, triggering collapse

Video released by the National Science Foundation shows the exact moment the cables on the second-largest radio telescope in the world snapped, causing the subsequent collapse of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

Video: Owners wrest puppy from python’s grip after snake lunges from bushes, coils around dog

The video, which was captured by the family’s security camera, showed the puppy sniffing around in the backyard, before a snake lunged out from a nearby bush and coiled itself around the small dog.

Chicago's endangered piping plovers to return to the big screen
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Filmmaker Bob Dolgan talks about capturing the story of the endangered piping plovers of Montrose Beach in his upcoming documentary.

Statewide mask mandates stimulate the economy, study suggests

A study from the University of Utah found that when statewide mask mandates were implemented, as opposed to mandates issued and enforced at the local level, COVID-19 cases decreased and economic activity increased.

New model projects US COVID-19 cases could double in 2 months

A new model from a study conducted by Washington University in St. Louis projects that if the U.S. continues handling the pandemic as it has, cases could double in just two months.

Dead mink rise from their graves in Denmark

Danish authorities say the gases from the decaying bodies of the culled mammals are pushing them to the surface.

Squirrel gets drunk after eating fermented pears outside Minnesota woman's home

A woman in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota got a video of a squirrel outside her home who accidentally got a little tipsy from eating fermented pears.