Paris is to launch its first car-sharing project next week as it aims to clear its traffic-clogged boulevards, which backs hope will be a major boost for electric vehicles

Tropical Storm Irene brought a rare bird to New Hampshire that had never been seen in the state before.

A rector has banned “Goths” from posing for photos in a graveyard after catching dozens lounging on tombs.

(Reuters) – Prognosticators who predicted the end of the world and got it wrong, scientists who built a wasabi fire alarm, and researchers who studied how the urge to urinate affects decision-making were among the winners of spoof Ig Nobel prizes on Thursday.

Andrea Lawrance is used to customers having growling tummies. But this unexpected visitor had a bear-size case of the munchies.

A rare baby monkey has gingerly stepped into the world at its home in London.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Looking for a taste treat for a special snack? Perhaps a packet of chocolate covered bugs, chocolate-chip mealworms or cricket lollipops will hit the spot.

The 2011 Ig Nobel Prizes pay humorous tribute to the science behind procrastination, the sex lives of confused beetles, and a wasabi fire alarm.

WE ALL know a two-faced bitch but how about a two-faced feline? A cat with two heads has broken a Guinness record.

Thad Holmes and Clem Parnell have launched Holy Smoke, which will load human ash into shotgun shells, and rifle and pistol cartridges.

An anonymous Japanese donor leaves the equivalent of $131,000 in a public toilet with a note saying it was intended for victims of the tsunami.

Here’s one instance when being two-faced isn’t a bad thing, especially when it lands you in the Guinness records for defying death.

An Illinois man who sold hundreds of cheap penis enlargers as medical "erectile pumps" has agreed to plead guilty and forfeit $2 million.