PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Virginia authorities shared photos of a tiny and "extremely happy" snake after an officer used butter to free it from a glue trap at a resident's home. FULL ARTICLE

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – A female Short-eared owl is recovering at a rehabilitation center in Canada after the rare patient suffered a broken wing. FULL ARTICLE

SANFORD, Fl. – A stray kitten that managed to find itself stuck in a car door panel was rescued by a Florida sheriff's deputy. FULL ARTICLE

SOUTH STRADBROKE ISLAND, Australia – A drowning wallaby that became stranded while fleeing an attacking dog was plucked out of the water by a jet boat tour operator. FULL ARTICLE

BEAUMONT, Tx. – The owner of a Texas gator rescue said a record-breaking 13-foot, 8-inch alligator caught in a Liberty County lake is "the highlight" of his career. FULL ARTICLE

KATY, Texas – Residents of a Texas neighborhood are engaged in a dispute with authorities about efforts to capture an alligator living in a retention pond. FULL ARTICLE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A romantically inclined fifth-grader wrote an elaborate love note expressing his feelings for his school crush. FULL ARTICLE

RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina student unwittingly kicked off a Twitter craze when he successfully got his camera to take a mid-air picture of him high-fiving himself. FULL ARTICLE