Ripley's Weird News

A black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann makes history as the first successful cloning of an endangered species in the United States.

The Irish writer and master of witticism whose thirst for attention and ultimate social disgrace set the stage for celebrity culture as we know it.

It’s estimated that anywhere between 250 and 300 spacecraft call this point their final resting place.

The circle of life will keep turning no matter what direction it spins, and you never know when the tables could turn.

Giants. Mycenaeans. Saxons. Aliens. Merlin. A new study reveals that there could be some truth to this magical Stonehenge folklore.

Early astronomer John Herschel reported seeing winged people inhabiting the Moon through his telescope.

The first of the felines was known as Snow White.

Forget La Dame de Fer, try La Dame de Poop—in one year, sea cucumbers produced enough poop to make five Eiffel Towers!

Claiming to be guided by an angel, a mustachioed and eccentric former-Alaskan gold miner spent $4 on a four-acre junkyard, situated on swampland.

Studies of ancient texts have shown that humans didn’t really “see” blue until modern times!