Researchers in Scotland say gray seals can copy the sounds of human words and songs including “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”

Over three dozen passengers aboard a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight were offloaded after one of them mistakenly opened the emergency door of the aircraft on the runway at Manchester airport, the carrier says.

Coating an expensive car with cow-dung for escaping the summer heat might not be a feasible proposition for most people, but a homemaker in India's Ahmedabad has done it claiming that it keeps her car cool even without air-conditioning, NDTV reports.

China has developed an app that allows conservationists to identify individual pandas using facial recognition technology, state-run Xinhua news agency reports.

A Mayawati supporter in Bulandshahr who wanted to vote for Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) severs the index finger of his left hand after he “accidentally” voted for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the second phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

A Dutch doctor at the centre of an IVF scandal fathered at least 49 children, an organisation representing parents and children born through his now-closed clinic says.

Rose Marie Bentley was an avid swimmer, raised five kids, helped her husband run a feed store, and lived to the ripe age of 99. It is only after she died that medical students discover that all her internal organs — except for her heart — were in the wrong place.

An April Fools’ Day resignation prank? One Texas civil court judge wishes it were so.

The fate of an endangered aquatic frog species may just rest on this love story.

A Tokyo restaurant is honouring the crowning of the new Japanese emperor next month with a football-sized wagyu beef hamburger served between gold-dusted buns -- at an eye-watering cost of $900.

Europe’s first underwater restaurant opens in Norway with more than 7,000 customers booked in to eat among the fish.

A far-right Australian senator is restrained by security officials after punching a young man protesting his offensive comments about the Christchurch mosque attacks.

Chickens in a poultry farm in northeast France are suspected of killing a fox who tried to sneak into their coop.

In a divided America where politics seems increasingly to get people's goat, a small town in Vermont has taken the concept to heart -- this week electing one as mayor.

A sleeping woman narrowly escapes a snake bite in her Bangkok home.

An Australian comedian who impersonates North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says authorities were deporting him from Vietnam, some 24 hours before the real Kim was due to arrive for a summit with US President Donald Trump.

A T-shirt bearing the face of one of the world's most infamous dictators would normally be a tough sell, one would think.

As the summit frenzy shakes Hanoi, hairdresser Le Tuan Duong joins in, offering free Trump or Kim hairstyles to about a dozen customers.

If the pooch melts your heart, swipe right. Animal lovers in Lithuania have created a mobile application inspired by the popular dating app Tinder to match up dogs in local shelters with new owners.

The sightings of several oarfish measuring nearly four meters off Imizu Port in Japan’s Toyama prefecture raise an alarm that an earthquake and tsunami may be coming.