Caption and credit for image: Camera-trap image of a flat-headed cat photographed in Thailand. Image courtesy of DNP/Panthera. 7 Hopeful Wildlife Sightings That Researchers Celebrated In 2025 by Shreya Dasgupta, Mongabay Colossal squid recorded for the first time in...

Nurse Ana Kanellos, a volunteer, demonstrates home caregiving techniques during Wake’s September workshop at the Healing Center in New Orleans. Wake is a nonprofit organization providing education and resources for death care. Photo courtesy Christiana Botic/Verite...

Photo©MdMamun/123rf We all have those mornings where we wake up and can feel it immediately: the emotional fog has rolled in overnight. Whether it’s a lingering sense of anxiety, a heavy heart, or just a general feeling of being out of alignment with our higher...

Sandhill crane and endangered whooping crane, whose home of an open meadow was turned into a subdivision/construction site. Despite the crane’s ability to fly, leaving a home you found safe to live and raise young is not easy. Photo©Staci-leeSherwood When people think...

Photo courtesy facebook.com/walkforpeaceusa Buddhist Monks Persist In Peace Walk Despite Injuries As Thousands Follow Them On Social Media by AP News A group of Buddhist monks is persevering in their walking trek across much of the U.S. to promote peace, even after...

Photo©MathewAditya/123rf The summer after freshman year of college I worked as a camp counselor in Woodstock, New York. It was the loneliest summer of my life. I’d been writing in my journal for two weeks about how alone I felt, how I didn’t fit in with my fellow...

Photo©123rf Health and fitness trends come and go, and many fads don’t deliver on their promises — remember vibrating belts or sauna suits? Today, weighted vests, made from sturdy fabrics like nylon and filled with iron sand or small weights, are gaining widespread...