In a heartwarming rescue, an officer in New York has adopted a dog she helped save from a hot car in Manhattan. “This pup will never be neglected again,” NYPD 19th Precinct wrote in a tweet late July. (Courtesy of NYPD) According to a tweet from June 18, some good Samaritans called 911 after noticing an…
‘This Pup Will Never Be Neglected Again’: NYPD Officer Adopts Dog She Rescued From a Hot Car
Photographer’s Grandson Digitizes Thousands of Vintage Shots Found in Closet From 50s, 60s, 70s—And Older
Rummaging through Herb’s closet, it becomes pretty clear: this man once owned a camera store. From that closet, Charlie Mackenbach, Herb’s grandson, exhumed case after case filled with tens of thousands of 35-millimeter film transparencies, each neatly packaged in a slide frame that fits in the palm of a hand. Herb had passed away. The…
VIDEO: Mother Owl Instantly Adopts 2 Orphaned Owlets After Her Own Eggs Don’t Hatch
A mother owl, whose own eggs failed to hatch, has delighted her rescuer by instantly adopting a pair of orphaned, wild owlets who fell from their nest. Wildlife artist and filmmaker Robert E. Fuller, from North Yorkshire, England, has been the caretaker of tawny owl pair Luna and Bomber for several years. “Bomber has lived in…
Concert Cellist Spends 100 Days Carving Cello From Scratch—And Its Sounds Will Give You Goose Bumps
After falling in love with the sound of the cello as a child, a Copenhagen-born cellist eventually decided to build one of her own from scratch. She gave herself 100 days to finish the complex task, and, with the support of the internet, realized her dream. Ida Riegels comes from a musical family. Her grandmother…
Sheriff ‘Hires’ New 11-Week-Old K9 Officer, Son of Explosives Detection Dog, Asks Public to Help Name Him
The Union County Sheriff’s Office was honored to announce its newest “employee,” an 11-week-old German shepherd—who currently has no name. On Facebook last week, the officers called for the public to join in choosing a handle for the nameless pooch, temporarily dubbed “Puppy Doe.” “After a considerable amount of internal time and effort, we cannot…
Woman Rescues 2 Baby Lynxes From Fur Farm, Raises Them With Horses, Foxes, and 15 Dogs
When a Russian animal lover learned that lynxes were still being bred for fur in her country, she rescued two of these cubs from a fur farm, raising them in her huge animal family of horses, foxes, and dogs. Today, the lynxes are healthy, tame, goofy, and very much part of the family. Anastasia Poznyak…
Mom Gives Birth to 1-in-200-Million Identical Triplets: ‘The Best Day of My Life’
A first-time mom has given birth to 1-in-200-million spontaneous identical triplets. Parents Zahra Amirabadi, 28, and Ashraf Reid, 29, welcomed their baby daughters, Roya, Adina, and Sefia, into the world in December 2021. The couple, from Nottingham, East Midlands, discovered the triplets at Zahra’s 12-week scan. Both of them have twins in their family, but never expected…
PHOTOS: Self-Taught Artist Makes Incredible Origami Creatures From Single Sheets of Paper
A self-taught artist has crafted a colorful menagerie of fanciful and realistic origami creatures. Some are palm-sized, some life-sized, and all represent the artist’s personal philosophy: “If it makes you feel happy, go for it!” Romanian artist Patrick Alberto Vraja, 25, grew up in the city of Sighetu Marmației and recalls being entranced by paper…
Cheeky Wagtail Caught on Camera Teasing Osprey Who Was ‘Quietly Enjoying His Dinner’
The funny moment a willy wagtail bird began teasing an osprey, who simply wanted to eat his dinner, has been immortalized on film by a passing wildlife photographer. Michelle Diggins, 58, was on an afternoon walk with her husband in Lancelin, Western Australia, when the pair noticed an osprey on the hill above them, munching on a…
VIDEO: Mom Takes Birthday Photos of Daughter From Age 1 to 18 in Grandma’s Wedding Dress
Samantha Schwind was watching The Oprah Winfrey Show back in the 2000s when she saw the story of someone’s daughter being photographed every year in her grandmother’s dress. She liked that story so much that when she had her own baby girl, she decided to do the same: from age 1, all the way to…
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