Torrential rains bring devastating floods to a Chinese city and a snake invasion Around 900 snakes – many of them venomous – are on the loose after Typhoon Maysak swept through the region, causing ...

Thirty beluga whales stranded at a shuttered marine park in Canada will soon be moved to new homes after U.S. officials approved a complex international rescue effort. The whales have been living at ...

Volunteer firefighters in Colorado continued battling the Aspen Acres Fire even after learning their own homes had burned. Their homes are among at least 780 destroyed by the massive wildfire burning ...

An 11-year-old boy from Pennsylvania is recovering after an alligator attack during a family fishing trip in Florida led to the loss of his right hand, according to his family and wildlife officials.

An adored -- and feared -- local celebrity has returned to Tasmania, Australia: a 2,200-pound southern elephant seal known as Neil the Seal. About the size of a large bull, Neil is known for causing ...

Rumors of a tornado in Alaska swirled on social media on July 4, fueled by an impressive video showing a large funnel extending down across the hilly landscape. But looks can be deceiving. The funnel ...

July 8 (UPI) -- NASA's New Horizons probe has awakened after hibernating for nearly a year billions of miles into deep space. New Horizons is often placed into a resource-saving mode while cruising ...

The sizzling, stormy start to July will continue into another week as the risk of severe thunderstorms and flash flooding shifts across the central and eastern part of the nation, according to ...

Super Typhoon Bavi could unleash 200-mph wind gusts on Taiwan ahead of landfall in eastern China Bavi is expected to produce destructive wind gusts around the southern Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan and ...

Storms, heat and flooding disrupt United States' 250th birthday celebrations A deadly heat wave, followed by severe weather, left hundreds of thousands without power, delayed the Washington, D.C., ...

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City has jumped to 14 confirmed cases, health officials said Sunday.

The record-smashing heat dome that has been dominating the weather pattern in the central and eastern United States since late last month will finally relent and shift west through mid-July, say ...