What Rescuers Did With A Bluetooth Speaker Saved This Otter Pup
When the Marine Mammal Center received a call on its public hotline about a creature crying frantically in Morro Bay, Central California, a four person team with harbor patrol assistance quickly located what they suspected was a lost otter pup because the sounds this marine mammal makes are remarkably similar to a human baby. They […]
How 5,000 Bison Are Reawakening Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is witnessing a striking ecological recovery driven by the return of roughly 5,000 bison whose migration across the park’s grasslands is restoring ancient patterns and reshaping the landscape from the ground up according to a groundbreaking study published in Science. These bison, descendants from the last surviving wild herd, now roam across […]
Scientists Extract Ancient RNA From 39,000 Year Old Woolly Mammoth
When paleogeneticist Love Dalén first saw the remarkably preserved body of a juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka lying on a lab table in eastern Siberia in 2012, he experienced what he calls a holy hell moment at seeing an animal that didn’t look like it died yesterday despite living 39,000 years ago during the last […]
Free Flights To NASA Turn Teens Into Future Pilots And Engineers
Every year Delta Airlines hosts a special one of a kind trip designed to place the heads of ambitious Black students squarely in the clouds, with 100 local teens climbing aboard a Boeing 757 departing from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta as the latest passengers on the Dream Flights program. The give-back initiative organized in […]
Motorcycle Clubs Unite To Feed Thousands This Thanksgiving
For 15 years, the Tru Breed Motorcycle Club has made Thanksgiving brighter for families on Minneapolis’ northside, and this year they’re gearing up for their biggest giveaway yet as all the motorcycle clubs come together to do good for the community. What started with 75 frozen turkeys has steadily multiplied as need has increased, with […]
Brave Women Take Down Chicago Purse Thief
Lavonne Schaafsma took a day trip from Michigan to downtown Chicago expecting to enjoy Millennium Park and soak in the sights, but panic hit hard when she returned to her car and realized her purse packed with ID, credit cards, medications, and several hundred dollars was gone. After searching for over an hour with anxiety […]
This Unusual Prison Program Is Changing Lives With FRAGRANCE
Illustrator Michael O’Shaughnessy brings an unusual collection of classic French perfumes and bespoke fragrances into prisons across northern England, asking incarcerated men to smell each scent and share what memories it triggers in a project that’s unlocking something profound behind bars. The simple premise of his Perfume Stories workshops can stop men in their tracks, […]
This Simple Act Of Kindness For A Snake Goes Viral
A safari guide in Hoedspruit, South Africa spotted a mildly venomous Red-lipped Snake in the garden and decided to relocate it to a safer spot, but when he gently placed the snake onto a plant something completely unexpected happened. Instead of slithering away like snakes typically do after being handled, this one stayed put and […]
Daycare Rewilded Its Yard And Children Got Healthier Immediately
A groundbreaking study at Humpula daycare center in Lahti, Finland showed that when 75 children were exposed to nature-like elements five times a week, their body’s microbes diversified dramatically and offered powerful protection against diseases transmitted through the immune system. The study published in Science Advances in 2021 found that children who got down and […]
These Children Are Building Businesses And Helping Their Community
Every Wednesday morning in Trussville, Alabama, about 20 kids dressed in neon safety vests and helmets pedal through the Birmingham suburb belting out Taylor Swift songs, picking up classmates along the way until they arrive at Magnolia Elementary School as part of a growing global movement called bike buses. The concept dates back to 1998 […]