We love condiments as much as the next person, but surviving 24 days at sea on condiments alone is an ordeal no one should have to go through. Unfortunately for Elvis Francois, there was no other choice.  The Dominican sailor was doing some maintenance projects off the coast of St. Martin this past December when [...]

Weeks after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake rocked areas of Turkey and Syria, rescuers are still patrolling the rubble in search of lost pets. There are plenty left to be found. Right now, teams of volunteers are working around the clock to get these animals the life-saving care they need. They’re also scrambling to reunite the animals [...]

A 30-year-old Bolivian man has defied the odds by surviving 31 days in the Amazon with nothing but a shotgun and a single cartridge. (We can’t wait for this to be turned into a Netflix series.)  On January 25, 2023, Jhonattan Acosta was hunting with four friends when he was separated from his group, reports [...]

Last Friday, two teenage hikers were rescued after spending 48 hours lost and snowed-in on California’s Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The two 17-year-olds, Riley Ramirez of Cypress, California and Cole White of Portland, Oregon, were left huddling for warmth amid five-foot snow drifts.  The teens began their excursion on Feb. 26, reports the Palm Springs [...]

When a huge fire broke out at The Dog Resort, a doggy daycare facility in Seattle, this month, staff members didn’t think they’d be able to get all the dogs out in time.  A dryer had caught flame, and thick gray smoke poured through the building. It was hard to see inside, let alone breathe. [...]