Pope Leo XVI unveiled a statue of baby Jesus during his first Christmas Eve Mass in St Peter's Basilica. In his homily, he ...

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Santa Bill, who has been delivering toys to patients at the OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois for 29 years, arrived on a fire truck to give out $75,000 worth of toys to give ...

Smokey Bear. Ham the Space Chimp. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Not many animals reach celebrity status, but it’s a bit of a tradition here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. In January, we rolled out ...

Over 1200 families received a premade food basket filled with food and household items from the Sophia’s Kitchen food bank’s ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.

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Indian-born cheetah Mukhi gave birth to five cubs in Kuno National Park in 2025 Officer G S Roshni rescued a 16-foot King Cobra in Kerala, gaining social media praise Tamil Nadu Forest Dept rescued an ...

Let their fingers prune in a Dr. Teal’s–branded bubble bath, available in lavender; ginseng, ginger, and rhodiola rosea; eucalyptus and spearmint; and shea butter with almond oil. If they haven’t ...

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s adorable new baby elephant finally has a name! The Ohio zoo previously announced on its social media pages that its Asian elephant Phoebe had given birth to a baby boy, her ...