Shelter Pittie Leaps Over Kennel Wall To Comfort Her Best Friend

Linda and Brenda are two dogs who will do anything for each other. Late last month, the pitties went from roaming the city streets together as strays to the kennels at Minneapolis Animal Care & Control. Rescuers placed the pups in individual kennels next to each other, not realizing that arrangement wasn’t going to work for Linda and Brenda. The best friends needed to be together. One da

Man spots dying bear while hiking, risks jail time to save bear’s life

In March 2017, Corey Hancock went hiking in the Elkhorn Mountains near the Santiam River Trail in Oregon. He was planning on taking some photos of the surrounding landscape, but what he encountered was not what he expected to see. Hancock unexpectedly came across a baby black bear who appeared to be sick and hardly breathing. "It was laying on its back, barely moving. It twisted a couple of tim

After 60 Years of Trying, Geologists Finally Pried Rocks From Earth’s Upper Mantle

For 60 years, scientists have tried to get rock samples of the Earth’s mantle. But the geologic layer below the planet’s crust is incredibly difficult to reach. Scientists believe they’ve successfully exhumed a 1,000-kilometer core sample that reaches into the very edge of the mantle. Examining this rock could help scientists understand magma flows, earthquakes, and other geologic myst

Kayaker’s Scary Encounter With Orca Pod Leads to Dream Photos

An orca spy hopping close to the photographer’s kayak in the Salish Sea, Vancouver with Mount Baker (located in the U.S.) in the background | Liam Brennan A kayaking photographer in the waters around Vancouver experienced “awe, terror, and exhilaration” all at once when a pod of killer whales surrounded his tiny vessel. On May 10, Liam Brennan was out on the water for a casual kayak

Seahenge: A Subaquatic Monument of the European Bronze Age

Today, the United Kingdom is crisscrossed with many fascinating monuments from ancient times. From the ages when these islands were inhabited by different peoples and cultures of tribes from ancient Europe, who shared many intriguing beliefs and lived in a great symbiosis with the nature around them. From passage tombs and burial mounds, to megaliths, the iconic Stonehenge and now ‘Seahenge’

Video: police officers save baby deer trapped in soccer net

It’s a police officer’s duty to help those in need, whether they be human or animal. Recently, a pair of police officers stopped to help a baby deer caught in a soccer net — an inspiring moment caught on camera. The City of Westlake Ohio Police Department received a call on May 27 from a concerned citizen who found the baby fawn trapped in a net in their backyard, according to a Facebook

25 Pics That Show The Consequences Of Summer Heatwaves

An international team of climate experts known as the World Weather Attribution initiative analyzed the late June heatwave in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and came to a preliminary conclusion that it was a roughly 1-in-1,000-year event. The extreme weather has bent roads, melted power cables, and triggered heat warnings for 50 million people in North America. But other continents are suffe

Fisherman see something odd stuck on an iceberg – soon realize the unimaginable truth

Labradors are one of my favorite breeds when it comes to dogs. Labrador also happens to be a region on Canada’s east coast, sitting remotely in the most northern part of Quebec. Needless to say then, it is cold with a rough climate and rather isolated from the rest of the world. Instead, people live in harmony with nature, with fishing a major and important food source and industry in the are

Eagle Who Thought Rock Was an Egg Finally Gets to Be a Dad

A lucky coincidence has given Murphy the opportunity to nurture an eaglet of his own In early March, a bald eagle named Murphy, a resident of the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri, was ready to become a father. He crafted his nest carefully in the bottom of his enclosure, his home for most of his 31 years of life since an injury left him unable to fly. As time went on, he became m

Mother lioness adopts sick baby leopard and treats it as her own

Dheeraj Mittal Researchers documented a rare case of interspecies adoption as a lioness took in a sick baby leopard and cared for him as if he were her own.  The unusual bond formed between the animals at Gir National Park, in Gujarat, India, where the wild creatures crossed paths just over a year ago. The bond was particularly notable as lions and leopards at the park are typi