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Several zoos across the country now sell paintings done by animals. The Houston Zoo, for example, offers a $500 experience, in which you can sit and watch an orangutan make a painting just for you. Gigi Allianic, spokeswoman for Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, talks about animal art.

Christopher McCandless, the subject of the book Into the Wild, lived — and died — in a bus outside Denali National Park in Alaska. The bus became a shrine to him — but now, as a movie version of the book is released, a piece of that bus has been auctioned on eBay.

When it started to rain, the retractable roof was open at Marlins Park. It didn't close right away. The baseball team did not have a tarp to cover the field because they rely on the roof closing.

A bachelor party was "cruising by" the lake shore at Elephant Butte State Park in New Mexico when they spotted the skull of a mastodon, with its teeth and tusks intact.

The Lincoln Park Zoo named its newborn camel after Alexander Hamilton, the founding father on the $10 bill. The zoo called the camel: Alexander Camelton.

The rule, instituted to improve sanitation, applies to bathrooms in tourist spots such as parks, railway stations, supermarkets and malls.

Residents of Middleborough, Mass., on Monday voted to give police the power to impose fines for public profanity. There've been complaints about swearing downtown and in public parks.The American Civil Liberties Union says Middleborough may be violating free speech rights.

They turned their van into a mini dining room, complete with a checkered tablecloth and string lights. They can roll up to a restaurant parking lot and have meals delivered to the back of the van.

Kentucky is a big step closer to hosting the 2022 World Equestrian Games. The Kentucky Horse Park has been named one of two official candidates. The…

The Palm Beach County Canvassing Board was in turmoil again today. The Board met out in its parking lot at 7 a.m. prepared to begin its manual recount. But the process hit a brick wall as Republicans attempted to unseat one member, and the board decided to wait for a court ruling on whether it may tabulated "dimpled" rather than "punched" ballots. NPR's Adam Hochberg has been in Palm Beach County all week.