Young Bear Rescued After Two Years Stuck in 20-Foot Cage–He Slept in his New Bed for 7 Days Straight
SWNS A Syrian brown bear slept for seven days straight after being rescued from a filthy cage where he was kept “for entertainment” purposes. Four-year-old Noah was stuck in the 15 x 20-foot pen for over two years, with the door welded shut. Bred in captivity and weighing around 100kg (220 lbs), the bear was…
Tadej Pogacar held off defending champion Mathieu van der Poel to claim his second Tour of Flanders title. The three-time Tour de France champion, racing for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, completed the 270km course in Belgium in five hours, 58 minutes and 41 seconds. Pogacar finished just over a minute clear of Denmark’s Mads Pedersen in…
Old-Growth Forest Network dedication ceremony – Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge / US Fish & Wildlife Service Who would ever guess that right outside Detroit a native forest has stood undisturbed for centuries—but now, the 300 year-old trees are gaining more respect. The Old-Growth Forest Network, dedicated to protecting trees in the U.S., has officially…
An artist whose official portrait of Donald Trump was publicly lambasted by the president said his comments are “directly and negatively impacting” her business, threatening its future. British-born artist Sarah A Boardman painted Trump’s official portrait for the Denver State Capitol Gallery of Presidents, where it hung for six years. In January Trump described Boardman’s…
Hatchlings of Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise Credit: Philadelphia Zoo The Philadelphia Zoo is overjoyed to announce the hatching of four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises for the first time in the Zoo’s 150 year history. The parents, Western Santa Cruz tortoises, are the Zoo’s two oldest residents, each estimated to be around 100 years old.…
Sony The Beatles will be played on screen by Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney), Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr) and Joseph Quinn (George Harrison) The Fab Four came together on stage this week for an all-star Beatles announcement that left some of the internet swooning. No, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and…
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Norris, who twice ran wide at the tricky Degner Two corner, headed Piastri by just 0.026 seconds as the fight between the two McLaren drivers remained close and intense. Mercedes driver George Russell was third, 0.112secs off the pace, and ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton. Leclerc was…
World’s smallest pacemaker next to a grain of rice – Credit: John Rogers / Northwestern University press release Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so small that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe and be non-invasively injected into the body, according to a new study published in Nature. Although it can…
Shutterstock Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault between 1999 and 2005. The charges relate to four separate women. Brand has been interviewed multiple times by police since an investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches in September 2023 revealed multiple serious allegations against him. In…
