On the first day of the expedition, Mikhail Korostelev headed straight out to sea. Even after several flights, he didn’t bother booking a hotel before casting off to spot—and be spotted by—whales amid the Polynesian island kingdom of Tonga, in the South Pacific. A former Moscow-based IT manager, Korostelev abandoned that vocation to pursue underwater…
PHOTOS: Russian ‘Whale Whisperer’ Photographs Humpbacks Meeting, Touching People for First Time Ever
Sick Man Sees Daughter’s Ultrasound, Makes Miraculous Recovery to Meet His Grandbaby
A man whose family was told they would lose him was given the gift of purpose when his daughter showed her gender scan: the granddaughter he had dreamed of was on the way. He then summoned every shred of strength he had to make a miraculous recovery in time to meet the baby. Edward “Eddie”…
VIDEO: Photographer Captures Bald Eagle Playing With a Golf Ball on a Frozen Lake
A Virginia-based photographer who was amazed to see a bald eagle playing with a golf ball on the ice captured the moment on film and shared it on social media, now his video has gone viral. On Dec. 27, 2022, Jeff Self, 56, from Chesapeake, drove 10 miles from his home to Stumpy Lake Natural Area….
Hoard of 600 Medieval Coins Found by Detectorists Declared Treasure—Valued at 150,000 Pounds
A “150,000-pound” hoard of over 600 medieval coins found by amateur metal detectorists has been declared a treasure. Seven men found the coins on the Culden Faw Estate in Buckinghamshire in April 2019—including 12 rare gold nobles from the reign of Edward III. Their finds, nicknamed the “Hambleden Hoard,” represent the biggest gold and silver collection…
Snow Leopard ‘Dream’ Shot Wins People’s Choice in Wildlife Photographer of the Year From 25 Shortlisted
It was sunset when the snow leopard finally brushed by Sascha Fonseca’s camera trap high up in the Indian Himalayas. Fonseca had gone to great lengths to portray the elusive big cat, known as “the ghost of the mountain.” Fascinated by snow leopards for their incredible camouflage and the remote regions they inhabit, Fonseca had…
Woman Abandoned by Fiancé for Refusing Abortion Finds Soulmate in the Son of the Pregnancy Center’s CEO Who Helped Her
A full-time student and part-time waitress, pressured to abort her son by her fiancé, chose life for her child despite being left alone, pregnant, and afraid. Having made the right decision, she not only found crucial support at a pregnancy resource center but eventually turned to God and had her life transformed. Today, Faith-Ann Dalton, 27,…
Spelunker Stumbles on Cave Untouched for Thousands of Years, Full of Prehistoric Cave Bears Marks
A gargantuan stone arch marks the entrance to a vast “Paleolithic Cathedral” recently stumbled upon by explorers in Spain. This hulking beam of eroded living rock—set along Spain’s impressive Almadenes Canyon—took millennia to form. It now comprises the great façade of a newly-discovered, sprawling cave system. Aptly called Cueva del Arco (Cave of the Arch),…
VIDEO: Service Dog Who Can ‘Read People’ Lifts Up Owner Hospitalized With Serious Heart Condition
To look at him, you wouldn’t expect Brian Benson to be the keeper of a service dog. He works out seven days a week in his home gym, doesn’t drink, and is almost obsessive about clean eating. He’s health-conscious and successful. Benson was, nevertheless, recently hospitalized with a serious heart condition, yet his service dog, Magnus,…
Ranchers Since 1878: Dad With Over 100,000 Acres Says He’ll Pass It on Intact to One of His Kids
When this Idaho-based rancher family’s six children reach the age of nine, they become bonafide cowboys and girls. It was their third great-grandfather, Frank Carl Herman Bedke, who started ranching in 1878, and now their father, Ryan Bedke, a fifth-generation rancher, is working hard to carry on the practice the traditional way. Thirty-nine-year-old Bedke lives with…
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