It is hard to imagine finding hope in a steel cargo container. But Shirlye Grandy sees life, fellowship, and beauty in the metal box that sits on the Dix Park campus in Raleigh. Grandy served nearly ...

Jo Nagai of Kobe, Japan began hand-raising swallowtail butterflies when he was just a second grader. But when it came time to release them to the wild, Nagai realized a peculiar pattern of behavior — ...

Firefighters of Rostraver Township, a small suburban area in Pennsylvania, were surprised earlier this week when they got a call about a raccoon stuck in the grates of a storm drain. First responders ...

The space between railroad tracks doesn’t usually do much of anything. But in a tiny village in Switzerland, Swiss inventors have spent the last year proving it can be used to generate clean ...

Not everyone celebrates the Fourth of July with booming fireworks or hot-dog eating contests. Across the country, people honor Independence Day with plenty of unique and specific traditions — from a ...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have just announced $26 million in donations to at least 20 charities ahead of their wedding, allegedly being held at Madison Square Garden this weekend. While the duo ...

Evan Speigel, co-founder and CEO of Snap, Inc., the company that owns Snapchat, along with his wife, Australian model Miranda Kerr, have just announced a partnership to relieve $550 million in medical ...

It’s a good day Down Under. Australian conservationists in Queensland are celebrating after discovering a new addition to the country’s population of critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombats ...

A new point of protest against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities is taking place at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey. Last month, ...

Transgender and nonbinary people across the United States — and across the globe — are in a time of relentless persecution, facing bans to healthcare and participation in athletics, and even being ...

Situated on Staten Island with stunning views of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, the Alice Austen House is a historic landmark that celebrates the life of a trailblazing queer photographer from the ...

When most people think of animals that support grueling search and rescue efforts in the wake of disasters, crime, or conflict, they picture dogs. And those canines can really make a difference. But ...