A group of sperm whales appear to have taken in a deformed bottlenose dolphin, marine researchers have discovered.
In the heartwarming scene near the Azores in the North Atlantic, the scientists watched the dolphin six times while it nuzzled and rubbed members of the group, reports the journal Science.
Sperm whales have good reasons not to like bottlenose dolphins, so this has puzzled researchers.
Joanne Murphy didn’t see much in the old Bible that someone donated with a pile of books to the Sacramento Public Library.
The only interesting thing about it was the inscription page. “Pirates,” it said, “1953,” followed by a long list of signatures.
The Bible, it turned out, had been a gift to baseball legend Branch Rickey, the baseball executive who broke the sport’s color barrier in 1947 by hiring Jackie Robinson to be the first African-American player.
Residents of the ancient city of Timbuktu erupted in joy as French and Malian troops drove in on Monday after Islamist rebels fled to their last stronghold in the North.
For centuries a cosmopolitan city and a center of Islamic learning, Timbuktu was seized in April 2012 by radical Islamists who outlawed secular music, forced women to wear veils, and stoned in public those who broke their laws. The militants had destroyed ancient Muslim shrines and also burned manuscripts before fleeing.
The preservationists of Timbuktu’s centuries-old artifacts have been holding their breath for weeks.
In interviews with TIME on Monday, preservationists said that in a large-scale rescue operation early last year, shortly before the militants seized control of Timbuktu, thousands of manuscripts were hauled out of the Ahmed Baba Institute to a safe house elsewhere.
“Mac” Gallegos was only 5 when his father, Army Sgt. Justin Gallegos, was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. Not a day goes by that he doesn’t think about him. On days like Jan. 24, his father’s 31st birthday, he gets a little help to honor his memory.
“I wanted to write my dad a letter and get it as close to heaven as possible,” said Mac.
Mac and his mother Amanda Marr discussed ways to get the letter to heaven but ultimately decided that having someone fly it in a jet airplane would be the best.
“I posted on Facebook that we were looking for a pilot who could fly the letter for Mac,” said Marr.
The co-founders of a veteran’s group, Helping American Veterans Experience Alaska (HAVE Alaska), wrote saying they wanted to help. Since 2010, Kyle and Carla Moxley have been providing opportunities for Veterans to experience hunting and fishing excursions in Alaska. (Photo, below, from their Facebook page)
After a few emails and phone calls, Mac and his family were getting a tour of the F-22 Raptor and meeting its pilot, Lt. Col. Brian Baldwin assigned to the 302nd Fighter Squadron. The little boy handed over the letter he had written to his father on red construction paper, his dad’s favorite color. He watched as the plane took off and reached the clouds.
“It is an honor to fly with Mac’s letter,” said Baldwin. “His father gave the greatest sacrifice to our country and I am humbled to be able to do something for him and his family.”
Mac and his family have baked cupcakes waiting at home for a birthday ceremony on the ground.
“Over the years we always had a party for Justin on his birthday,” said Mac’s mother, who grew up in Alaska and resides in Anchorage. “As Mac has gotten older we have turned it into a day where we do “Acts of Service” for others.”
“Mac” Gallegos was only 5 when his father, Army Sgt. Justin Gallegos, was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. Not a day goes by that he doesn’t think about him. On days like Jan. 24, his father’s 31st birthday, he gets a little help to honor his memory.
“I wanted to write my dad a letter and get it as close to heaven as possible,” said Mac.
Mac and his mother Amanda Marr discussed ways to get the letter to heaven but ultimately decided that having someone fly it in a jet airplane would be the best.
Named an everyday Hero, Don Hanlon achieves that with a simple, but generous gesture.
He walks in the doors and says, “What do you need?”
Once each month for ten years Don has been talking trips to Sam’s Club with people who are dealing with domestic violence and homelessness.
He spends $300 on each family from his monthly Social Security check.
(WATCH the video below or READ the story at the Denver Channel)
Two European science projects—one to map the intricacies of the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary carbon-based material graphene—won an EU technology contest Monday, getting up to €1 billion ($1.34 billion) each over the next decade.
“European’s position as a knowledge superpower depends on thinking the unthinkable and exploiting the best ideas,” European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes said.
A pair called the Serial Pranksters on YouTube decided to turn their mischief-making into doing something good.
“It was so much fun making a prank that also feeds people in need!” wrote Roman Atwood and Dennis Roady on their web page on YouTube.
(WATCH the video below – after the ad)
A pair called the Serial Pranksters on YouTube decided to turn their mischief-making into doing something good.
“It was so much fun making a prank that also feeds people in need!” wrote Roman Atwood and Dennis Roady on their web page on YouTube.
Harvey, a 4-month-old kitten in Scotland born without bones in his front legs, is happy and healthy. But while his rare genetic condition could lead to spinal problems and other health issues later in life, the preventive surgery is expensive.
Doctors, however, will now be able to go ahead and insert metal pins into Harvey’s legs thanks to a successful fundraising effort from cat lovers on Facebook.
Harvey, a 4-month-old kitten in Scotland born without bones in his front legs, is happy and healthy. But while his rare genetic condition could lead to spinal problems and other health issues later in life, the preventive surgery is expensive.
Doctors, however, will now be able to go ahead and insert metal pins into Harvey’s legs thanks to a successful fundraising effort from cat lovers on Facebook.
The Dearborn, Mo., couple who won a share of the largest jackpot in Powerball history plan to use their money to help a nearby community.
Mark and Cindy Hill said they are helping Camden Point with new ball fields, firehouse and treatment plant.
“For some reason, (God) put it in our hands, I think, to make sure that it goes to the right things,” Cindy Hill said at her news conference.
(WATCH the video below, or READ the story at KMBC)
A bottlenose dolphin started hanging around a tour group as they were scuba diving off Kona viewing manta rays.
Surrounded by manta rays, Keller Laros was surprised to find himself face-to-face with the curious visitor.
He was struck by the animal’s persistence and as the dolphin circled the divers, Laros noticed a fishing line wrapped around his left pectoral fin that stretched into his mouth and trailed the length of his body.
Hoping to lower the unemployment rate for vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, which stands near 10.8 percent, a new initiative is aims to place veterans in the classroom.
Tenth-grade history teacher Brian Thompson brings a little something extra to the classroom, especially when the subject matter turns to war.
The northern Pacific Elephant Seal once numbered in the tens of thousands until the 19th century when hunters, killing them for their oil-rich blubber, cut that number to just a few hundred animals.
The species was thought to be extinct in 1884 until a remnant population of eight individuals was discovered off Baja California in 1892.
In 1922, the Mexican government banned hunting, followed shortly thereafter by the United States government. Since then, the population of northern elephant seals has recovered at an average rate of six percent per year.
The northern Pacific Elephant Seal once numbered in the tens of thousands until the 19th century when hunters, killing them for their oil-rich blubber, cut that number to just a few hundred animals.
The species was thought to be extinct in 1884 until a remnant population of eight individuals was discovered off Baja California in 1892.
In 1922, the Mexican government banned hunting, followed shortly thereafter by the United States government. Since then, the population of northern elephant seals has recovered at an average rate of six percent per year.
An apparent attempt to rob a Papa John’s pizza restaurant in Montana’s capital went awry when the would-be robber started to cry.
A man entered the restaurant and gave the cashier a note demanding money. He later broke down and confessed he was doing the deed for his wife and child.
“The clerk talked to him for a while,” Helena Police Chief Troy McGee told the Independent Record, and determined that some free pizza, wings, and soda – to go – are what he really needed.
(READ the KTVH story from MSNBC)
Three Tennessee homecoming king nominees made a unanimous and touching decision that no matter who won, they would give the crown to a beloved student who has Williams Syndrome, a neurological disorder that inhibits learning and speech.
At the Unionville Community High School’s basketball homecoming ceremony, the teens turned over the honor to junior Scotty Maloney.
Her parents were going bankrupt after her mom became completely disabled and needed full-time nursing home care. Ttheir daughter wasn’t told they were going broke, but she knew — and decided to something.
What Shelby did was basically start farming — at the age of 9. She got a loan from her grandma and bought chickens — lots of chickens.
