Claire Adamson started a toad patrol after witnessing “an absolute toad massacre” on the roads.
Source: I walk toads across the road so they don’t get squashed
Toad Patrol!
Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life
The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination
Source: Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life
Nice.
Message in a bottle leads to 25-year intercontinental friendship
One night in 1997, fuelled by boredom, trainee ship bartender Erika Boyero filled some empty bottles with handwritten notes and threw them overboard in Norway. Last week, she met with the Tasmanian woman who found one of her messages.
Source: Message in a bottle leads to 25-year intercontinental friendship
For some reason I love message in a bottle stories.
Scan that makes prostate cancer cells glow could cut need for biopsies
An imaging test could safely halve the number of people who need a biopsy for suspected prostate cancer following inconclusive or reassuring results from an MRI scan, new research has found.
Source: Scan that makes prostate cancer cells glow could cut need for biopsies
Very cool.
Bahama Boy’s Message in a Bottle Floats 4,000 Miles to Be Read Almost Exactly a Year Later in Portugal
Maria said she is hoping they can meet her in Vila Chã one day so they can throw a bottle into the ocean together.
Pretty neat.
Missing Dog Found 1,300 Miles From Home — Police Care For Her Until Family Arrives
A small dog named Koko, missing for two years from Texas, has finally returned home — after being spotted more than 1,000 miles away in New Jersey and lovingly cared for by local police officers while her family raced to bring her back.
Source: Missing Dog Found 1,300 Miles From Home — Police Care For Her Until Family Arrives
Very cool.
Father, 99, And Son, 80 Finally Redeem Decades-Old Promise Of Free Oysters
A quirky sign hanging inside a historic oyster house in Mobile, Alabama, promised something unusual: free oysters to any man who turned 80 and walked in with his father. It finally happened.
Source: Father, 99, And Son, 80 Finally Redeem Decades-Old Promise Of Free Oysters
Pretty cute, and quite impressive.
A man says a Stephen Colbert joke saved his life. He wants to appear on ‘The Late Show’ before it’s too late
Ron Blake was about to die by suicide. When a “Late Night” joke made him laugh, he said, he realized, “there’s still something good left in me.”
Hope he makes it!
Welder Hailed As ‘Highway Hero’ After Quick Thinking Helps Save Driver In Medical Crisis
A man in San Antonio is being praised online as a ‘highway hero’ after his quick thinking helped stop a dangerous situation on a busy highway—and may have helped save a life.
Source: Welder Hailed As ‘Highway Hero’ After Quick Thinking Helps Save Driver In Medical Crisis
Impressive.
A 5-year-old boy was left alone in a hospital on the day of his heart surgery. His anesthesiologist adopted him.
After adopting young True, Dr. Amy Beethe also adopted True’s sister, and then found homes for his four other siblings.
Wow.