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The main strain of the flu virus which is circulating currently doesn’t entirely match up with the flu vaccine that is being administered this year, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

One of several pigeons spotted in Las Vegas last year wearing tiny cowboy hats has died, according to a local rescue group.

More Americans are suffering from sleep apnea than ever before, and a new study suggests that reducing tongue fat through weight loss could be an effective treatment for the debilitating chronic sleep disorder.

The dreaded mid-life crisis may be a response to life’s peak of misery, according to a study published Monday in the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Australia's government is allocating $50 million to help wildlife affected in the bushfire crisis.

A wildlife rehab center in South Carolina says golfers beat a baby opossum with golf clubs, leaving the 2-pound animal blind and with a broken jaw.

Researchers estimated that a $1 increase to the current state minimum wage could have prevented 27,550 suicide deaths from 1990-2015, according to estimates from a new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Sifting through a mound of data from a telescope orbiting Earth, a teenaged intern at NASA discovered a planet some 1,300 light-years away.

A 4-year-old springer spaniel named Taylor has been performing a special kind of search and rescue effort as bushfires rage across much of Australia — she’s a detection dog who has helped locate and rescue 15 koalas from scorched regions of New South Wales this fire season.

A "Full Wolf Moon" will be visible Jan. 10, and for some parts of the world, be accompanied by a penumbral lunar eclipse.

Last night’s SpaceX satellite launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was the first mission conducted with the support of the nation’s newest military service, less than a month after President Trump signed the bill authorizing its creation.

An Atlanta couple said they came home from a winter vacation to find their house had been ransacked by an unusual suspect: a squirrel.

Up to 10,000 feral camels in South Australia could be killed as they consume scarce water sources in drought-afflicted areas and cause damage to local infrastructure.

Residents who live in building 13 at the Oaks at Ashford Point Apartments believe a family of skunks is living underneath their building.

The call for help has been heard around the world as millions of animals are impacted by the wildfires in Australia. The Houston Zoo is sending funds to help the effort.

NASA released images showing the devastation from the bushfires burning all over Australia.

Three mountain lions found feeding on human remains near a popular Tucson hiking trail have been killed, Arizona authorities said Wednesday.

Here’s one extraterrestrial express bus you’ll be glad you missed.