NYC Backpack Adventure That Saves Shelter Dogs Every Week
Bryan Reisberg discovered that his Corgi named Maxine had a magical ability to cheer people up during their daily commutes underground in New York City, transforming serious faces into smiles and making heavy loads feel lighter simply by staring at subway riders from inside a backpack. The NYC resident started posting videos of his urban […]
The Cop That Quit To Help People On The Streets
Wade Milyard heard a voice “out of nowhere” while responding to a domestic dispute at a homeless camp near Frederick, Maryland, and when the former canine officer asked the couple about their laundry as the voice instructed, they told him they typically washed their clothes in a nearby creek, an answer that changed the course […]
The Key To Crops That Fertilize Themselves
Danish researchers at Aarhus University have discovered a molecular switch that allows plants to partner with nitrogen-fixing bacteria instead of treating them as enemies, opening the door to self-fertilizing cereal crops like wheat and barley that could revolutionize global agriculture. Professors Kasper Røjkjær Andersen and Simona Radutoiu led the team that identified just two amino […]
This Stray Cat Walked Into Third Grade And Never Left
A lovable orange stray cat named Tombi appeared on the grounds of a public elementary school in Izmir, Turkey, and after spending a few weeks in the school garden seeking attention from children, he boldly ventured straight into teacher Ivaşcu’s third grade classroom where students immediately adored him. Unlike most concerns that a classroom cat […]
This Could Become The Newest National Park
Ocmulgee Mounds, a site in central Georgia with 12,000 years of Indigenous history, may soon become the newest U.S. national park under a pending bill in Congress, though the redesignation may not include much change for the site itself beyond marketing and public perception. The 3,000 acre park protects land and features important to the […]
A School Bus Driver’s Special Gift To Her Riders
Tina Hutcherson, a 63 year old school bus driver for Putnam City School District in Oklahoma, has been knitting and crocheting since she was about 12 years old, and when her daughter gifted her a new knitting machine for her birthday, she realized she could finally keep all 100 of her students warm this winter. […]
The Genius Way Wimbledon Saves Mice Every Year
When park ranger Dale Osborne noticed that torrential rain was constantly flooding the plains of Watermead Country Park North in Leicestershire, England, he watched helplessly as local harvest mice lost their nests and found himself picking up mice swimming around in the water to place them on dry land. In 2013, Osborne and his colleague […]
World’s First Magical Seahorse National Park
Eleuthera, a skinny 110 mile long island located 70 miles east of Nassau, bears an uncanny resemblance to a seahorse when viewed from above, making it the perfect location for the world’s first seahorse national park at Sweetings Pond and Hatchet Bay Caves. The new 548 acre park protects Sweetings Pond, a landlocked saltwater pond […]
Prehistoric Discovery Proves Manatees Are Ocean Heroes
Nicholas Pyenson, curator of fossil marine mammals at the National Museum of Natural History, co-authored groundbreaking research that reveals a treasure trove of fossils uncovered in southwestern Qatar, proving that anateesm have been protecting ocean ecosystems for tens of millions of years. The team discovered a distant relative of modern dugongs in rocks less than […]
Scientists Finally Explain Why Dogs Bring You Random Gifts
Applied animal behaviorist Renee Rhoades, founder of R Plus Dogs, explains that when dogs present soggy socks, chewed shoes, or even deceased cockroaches at our feet, they’re engaging in complex behaviors that range from instinctual breed tendencies to learned social interactions that have been reinforced over time through positive human responses. Breeds genetically modified for […]