Let’s face it: we’ve all fantasized about leaving our jobs to travel, but not many of us have the means to actually do it. I’ve definitely fantasized about taking a year to experience all that the world has to offer, but I’ve accepted that it just isn’t in the cards for me — at least […]
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finally unleashed her campaign’s “secret weapon” this year, but it apparently has been in storage for quite a while and needs an update; consider Bill Clinton’s recent comparison of the contentious GOP debates to “those rap tunes on MTV”and today’s reference to kids “getting hopped up on crack.” As far as […]
Tanzania’s Lake Natron is one of the most serene lakes in all of Africa, but it’s also the source of some of the most eerie photographs ever captured. You see, Lake Natron has a very deadly secret, it turns any animal it touches to stone. This incredibly rare phenomenon is caused by the chemical makeup […]
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTBT_ATF’); }); Simply knowing that there’s a baby rhino in the world named Warren would have been good enough… But to find out that he also knows his name, comes on command, and thinks he’s a dog? Well, that’s just the cherry on top of this already cute kiddo. Watch what happens when […]
The homeless man shot dead by police in a struggle captured on video Sunday was reaching for an officer’s weapon, the Los Angeles police chief says. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday the fatal shooting of a homeless man was a terrible tragedy that could only have been avoided if the man had […]
After this lioness was gored by a buffalo, she was left with a gaping wound. Incredibly, rescuers saved her life by performing emergency surgery right in the middle of the African Savanna. What’s more, they also saved the life of her cubs. The 11-year-old lioness had given birth just weeks before receiving the near-fatal wound. […]
http://twitter.com/#!/thefocusedphd/status/414182837516898305 It was the (tasteless) joke heard around the Twitterverse, as a public relations professional managed to make an AIDS joke that some perceived as racist. http://twitter.com/#!/JustineSacco/status/414052561248075776 It’s been retweeted nearly 4,000 times in 12 hours, and now it’s inspired a post on the New York Times website and its own hashtag, #HasJustineLandedYet, which trended high among […]
Over a thousand rhinos were murdered last year for their horns. That number is increasing at an alarming rate from the 13 who killed in 2007. Illegal poaching in South Africa’s Kruger National Park recently reached such high levels to the point where hiring more guards isn’t enough. The only solution: evacuating the animals to safer […]
The tales of animals kept in captivity in the circus are numerous and horrifying. Trainers often use whips, muzzles, and bullhooks to coax them into the right pose, and when they’re not performing, they’re kept in cramped cages without access to the outdoors. It is insanely inhumane. That’s why organizations like Animal Defenders International (ADI) […]
Rick Steves, travel expert and author of Travel as a Political Act, spoke with BuzzFeed News about how to travel responsibly to socially and politically complex places. View this image › A Cuban flag hangs from a building in Havana on Dec. 27, 2014. REUTERS ENRIQUE DE LA OSA Long-embargoed Cuba is about to become […]