Bear crashes through Kentucky home's ceiling after climbing into attic

A family in Kentucky received an unusual wake-up call last week after a bear came crashing through the ceiling of their home and landed inside the kitchen.

Here’s what to watch for in the early-summer night skies

While several meteor showers happen in June, most activity is not visible from Earth. Two of the more notable events are the Bootids and the Arietids.

Tailless alligator seen waddling across road in Southern Louisiana

A tailless alligator was seen slowly waddling across a road in southern Louisiana on Monday, May 19, as onlookers watched in disbelief, footage shows.

'Big ol' animal' fossils could slow Texas road construction

Recent archaeological excavations at a highway construction site in West Texas have uncovered the fossilized remains of Ice Age creatures.

Giant rat species captured on video for 1st time in Papua New Guinea

A newly released video shows the first-ever footage of the subalpine woolly rat, one of the world’s largest rodents, captured in Papua New Guinea.

2 victims identified in deadly San Diego plane crash

A small plane crashed into a San Diego military neighborhood early Thursday morning, killing multiple people, setting roughly a dozen homes on fire, and spewing fuel and debris across the area.

Video: Monkeys caught kidnapping baby monkeys of a different species

Scientists have found surprising video evidence of what they call monkey kidnappings – and they’re trying to figure out why.

Video shows alligator eating baby gator in Florida's Everglades

A tour group in Florida’s Everglades came across an unsettling sight: they witnessed an adult alligator eating a baby gator in a "National Geographic moment."

Remains of missing Utah college student identified after 50 years

The remains of Douglas Brick, a University of Utah student who vanished in 1973, have been identified through genetic genealogy more than 50 years later.

Active weather region spotted for first time on a faraway moon

Astronomers say they have spotted evidence of active weather patterns on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, helping to shape theories of the natural satellite.

Alligator made famous in ‘Happy Gilmore’ dies at more than 80 years old

The gator was known for his work in popular films such as Happy Gilmore. He has been at a sanctuary in Colorado since his retirement in 2006.

Defunct Soviet spacecraft comes crashing down to Earth...somewhere

A spacecraft built like a tank that was supposed to study Venus has likely crashed back to Earth Saturday morning, decades after its Soviet-era launch.

Watch: Australian diver shares surprise encounter with a swimming scallop

An Australian diver’s video of a swimming scallop is making “waves" online, surprising viewers who didn’t know shellfish could move like that.

Is alchemy real? Physicists turn lead into gold using the Large Hadron Collider

cientists at the Large Hadron Collider have achieved the ancient dream of turning lead into gold through high-speed nuclear collisions — but the gold vanishes in less than a microsecond.