Mongolian Man Nurtures Green Oasis in the Middle of the Gobi Desert
An 82-year-old Mongolian man has dedicated the last three decades of his life to nurturing a green oasis in the middle of the Gobi Desert. Baraaduuz Demchig is often mentioned as living proof that man can fight desertification. His 16-hectare oasis rises up defiantly from the barren Gobi Desert, with no other plant life visible…
The Indian Village Where Monkeys Own 32 Acres of Land
The people of Upla, a small village in India’s Maharashtra state, allegedly hold the local monkey population in such high regard that they have had land registered in the animals’ name. Farmland is very precious in India, a country where land disputes between humans are fairly common. That only makes the situation in Upla, a…
Look: Austrian contortionist earns ninth Guinness World Records title
An acrobatic contortionist from Austria earned her ninth Guinness World Record by holding the dimbasana yoga pose for 30 minutes, 3 seconds.
Watch: Smelly dog rescued from sewer in England
Animal rescuers in Britain assisted a dog that fell 10 feet through a broken manhole cover and ended up stranded in a sewer.
Watch: Woman prepares 249 cups of tea in one hour for Guinness World Record
A South African woman broke a Guinness World Record when she prepared 249 cups of tea in one hour.
Watch: Overturned truck spills 22,000 pounds of fish onto North Carolina highway
A North Carolina highway was partially closed Tuesday morning when a crashed truck spilled 22,000 pounds of fish into the roadway.
Loose donkey wrangled in shopping center parking lot
Animal care services officers in California responded to a shopping center where bystanders had directed a loose donkey found wandering in a roadway.
Ontario woman collects her second lottery jackpot in three years
An Ontario woman collected a lottery jackpot worth more than $360,000 just three years after winning a prize of over $750,000.
Former New York cab driver collects on 9-year-old IOU in Ireland
A former New York City cab driver visited a bar in Ireland to collect the two pints of Guinness he was owed from an IOU given to him by a passenger nine years earlier.
Watch: Emu spotted wandering Illinois back yard
An Illinois resident captured a photo of an unusual visitor to their back yard — a loose emu.