For the first time, an uncontacted tribe was captured on camera from the air in a section of the Brazilian Amazon currently being overrun by unauthorized gold miners. Without protection from encroaching outsiders, this tribe — which has preserved its way of life for thousands of years — faces a real risk of extinction. What the Images Show The photographs, taken from a … [Read more...] about Amazing Images Display an Uncontacted Amazonian Tribe Living Dangerously Close to Illegal Miners
Wildlife & Nature
A Thriving Garden In a Sealed Bottle That Hasn’t Been Watered In Over 40 Years
Imagine a garden that has been sealed inside a glass bottle since 1972 — no new water, no fresh air, no outside intervention — and is still alive today. It sounds like something out of science fiction, but it's a real, well-documented ecosystem belonging to David Latimer, a retired electrical engineer from Surrey, England. Latimer first planted the garden on Easter Sunday in … [Read more...] about A Thriving Garden In a Sealed Bottle That Hasn’t Been Watered In Over 40 Years
A Husky’s Tumor Had Taken the Bones of Her Face — One Photographer Showed the World Why She Was Still Beautiful
Some dogs are passed over because of how they look. Serenity, a 4-year-old Siberian husky with a massive, inoperable facial tumor, was the kind of dog most shelters struggle to place. Then a rescue and a photographer asked people to look again. Rescued From a San Antonio Shelter Serenity was a stray in San Antonio, Texas, when she ended up in a shelter. Dallas Dog Rescue … [Read more...] about A Husky’s Tumor Had Taken the Bones of Her Face — One Photographer Showed the World Why She Was Still Beautiful
Magawa The Rat Found 71 Landmines In Five Years — Without Setting Off A Single One
Magawa spent five years doing a job most people would never volunteer for. Across Cambodia's minefields, this African giant pouched rat sniffed out 71 landmines and 38 unexploded munitions — work that eventually made him the first rat in history to receive the PDSA Gold Medal, an honor often described as the animal equivalent of Britain's George Cross. Born For The … [Read more...] about Magawa The Rat Found 71 Landmines In Five Years — Without Setting Off A Single One
The Albino Elephant Calf Who Survived Four Days Trapped In A Poaching Snare
In January 2020, a four-month-old elephant calf was found alone near the border of South Africa's Kruger National Park, tangled in a poacher's snare that had cut into her face, ears and neck. She had been trapped, wildlife vets estimated, for four days, according to The African Mirror. What made her story spread even further was something unrelated to the snare itself: she … [Read more...] about The Albino Elephant Calf Who Survived Four Days Trapped In A Poaching Snare