Archive for February 2026

Firefighters and animal rescuers teamed up in Ohio to rescue a horse that wandered away from its pasture and ended up stranded in a swimming pool.

Corralling a wild rhinoceros into a small chute to give it eyedrops might seem like a crazy plan. But if it’s crazy and it works, then it’s not crazy.

Ilyas Yildir was enjoying a sandwich in his office during his lunch break when a piece of it got stuck in his throat. Alone, he had no one to signal to for help, but he needed to act fast or risk choking to death. Maintaining his composure, Yildir got off from his chair, went behind…

Landing a plane is always challenging, but imagine having to touch down on a small, moving runway that you can’t really see from the plane! These types of conditions are exactly what make Italian airplane pilot Dario Costa’s daring feat of landing his Zivko Edge 540 aircraft on the last cart of a moving train…

A California man took a trip to Maryland to visit his daughter’s family and ended up winning a $50,000 lottery prize during his vacation.

Firefighters from multiple departments responded to a river in New Jersey where a deer wandered out onto the melting ice and fell through.

A large seabird with a hook stuck in its beak sought medical attention by pecking at the window of a German hospital’s emergency room.

Authorities in North Carolina entered a resident’s home to apprehend an unusual “bacon and entering suspect” — a trespassing pig in search of snacks.

Skiers in the women’s cross-country team sprint at the Winter Olympics crossed the finish line with an unregistered competitor: an escaped dog.

The New York Police Department said it was “eagle-eyed cops to the rescue” when the Harbor Unit spotted a bald eagle stranded on floating ice.