picks Triple shooting streamed on Facebook Live, just days after Philando Castile gun death Xeni Jardin
babies Congrats to tortoise couple Mr. and Mrs. Pickles on the arrival of their three hatchlings, Dill, Gherkin, and Jalapeño Jennifer Sandlin
ocean This is Aber-clam Lincoln, a huge clam that's been alive for more than 200 years David Pescovitz
Lenten delicacies Church-approved "non-meats" to eat during Lent: alligator, turtle, snake, capybara, beaver, muskrat, puffin Jennifer Sandlin
preventable deaths Florida 3-year-old dies after finding loaded gun in home and shooting himself Carla Sinclair
Delightful Creatures Fascinating footage catches live snake head poking out of another snake's mouth (video) Carla Sinclair
catfish alligator hybrids Catfish injected with alligator genes found to be more disease resistant than wild catfish Jennifer Sandlin
music Watch David Byrne sing David Bowie's "Heroes" with beautiful, massive backup choir (video) Jennifer Sandlin
police Creepy clown statue anonymously delivered to sheriff's office causes concern (surveillance video) David Pescovitz