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These male flamingos are 'doing a great job' raising a chick together
Two male flamingos at the San Diego Zoo recently started acting as if they were incubating an egg together, taking turns sitting on an empty nest. So staff gave them a real egg to hatch.
She's a loser, baby. Why this Democrat is running a race she knows she can't win
Kate Barr is 100 per cent certain she’s not going to win her state Senate race in North Carolina, but she isn’t about to let that slow her down.
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Only the U.S. can stop an all-out war in the Middle East, says Iran analyst
As violence ramps up between Israel and its foes in the Middle East, one expert says the U.S. is the only country with the influence to stop this from escalating into an all-out war.
Residential school robbed him of the Cree stories from his childhood. But he got them back
When Solomon Ratt was a little boy, he spent his winter nights in a log cabin in rural Saskatchewan, curled up under blankets with siblings, listening to his mother tell stories in Cree. That all ended when he was sent off to the Indian Residential School in Prince Albert, Sask.
How the Partition of India shaped BBC host Mishal Husain's family history, and sense of self
In her new book, BBC journalist Mishal Husain tells the story of her own family. But in doing so, she says she’s also telling “the story of many families.”
Octopuses hunt alongside fish, but will wallop them if they fall out of line
Despite their reputation as loners, it turns out octopuses will happily hunt in groups with other species — as long as everyone knows who’s boss.
Picture of 4,000 dead birds in Toronto wins international photography award
Toronto conservation photographer Patricia Homonylo won the 2024 Bird Photographer of the Year award for a "beautiful and tragic" image that shows the massive scale of deadly bird-window collisions in the city.
Uncrustables oil painting sells for $6.8K, showcasing an appetite for junk food art
Noah Verrier has carved out a niche for himself with his old-fashioned paintings of modern munchies, like fast food takeout highly processed frozen fare. And he’s far from alone.
What do you do when a rhino breaks a leg? Call a horse doctor, of course
Dr. David Stack, an equine veterinary surgeon, led the team that conducted keyhole surgery to repair a white rhino’s fractured leg near Liverpool, England.
Behold the harp emoji, brought to you by a famed harpist and a prolific emoji advocate
The harp emoji is the brainchild of beloved harpist Mary Lattimore and filmmaker Theo Schear, the man behind such emoji hits as juice box, disco ball, and Italian hand gesture.