Oddities

The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the lunar rock contained any sort of pathogen that posed a threat to terrestrial life.

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.

City of Amarillo officials are trying to figure out what exactly was wandering around the zoo in the middle of the night.

A courthouse in upstate New York was closed for fumigation Tuesday after hundreds of cockroaches were released during an altercation that broke out at an arraignment, according to court officials.

It’s the story that made Sara Fulton a local celebrity for what she did at Temkin’s Bar in Greenpoint , where she’s known as a hero for saving all the terrified bargoers from a terrifying… opossum.

Creepy dolls are continuing to washing up on Texas beaches and no one really knows why.

A Northern Illinois family, renovating their home this month, unearthed a bag French fries that have apparently been sitting inside a wall for more than 60 years.

CBP officers in Philadelphia were suspicious of the crawling contents of the jars, so they reached out to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspector who determined the leeches were Hirudo Medicinalis, a type of leech used in bloodletting treatments.

A man in Revere, Massachusetts, found a rare fish on the beach. After reporting it, state officials are looking into how the endangered species ended up there. “It looked like prehistoric, like a living dinosaur. I’ve never seen something that looked that way,” said Erik Haigh, who lives near Revere Beach. At first, he thought it ...

A New Zealand couple have unearthed a huge potato that is quite possibly the largest on record

A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin turtle is alive and kicking — with all six of its legs — at the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts after hatching two weeks ago.

Emergency crews in Santa Barbara launched a rescue attempt with four-wheelers, a drone, engines and a truck for what turned out to be a mannequin with long-flowing hair clinging to the side of a cliff.

A light pole mysteriously collapsed in Japan months ago and police say they finally know who (or what) is to blame: dog pee.