In a move to revive the dwindling population of vultures, “restaurants” have been established in Nepal which provide nourishment for the endangered birds.

The idea of elephants wearing contact lenses may seem absurd at first. But when their vision has clouded to the point of total impairment, people find strange ways to help them get better.

And most are over 20…

Australia is an amazing country, but the weather Down Under is getting a bit out of hand.

If you drive along Northbound EDSA-Forbes in Makati City, Philippines, you’ll see this billboard made of thousands of Fukien tea plants (Carmona retusa), a species capable of absorbing air pollutants.

For those people who would prefer to be cremated after death, this eco-friendly urn offers an opportunity for the departed to be reborn as a tree of some sort.

Go green with some more practical reasons.

A new species was classified in the African nation of Madagascar. The new species became one of only two species of the genus salanoia.

A leather shoe made out of cow hide and complete with laces was found in a cave in Armenia. It dates back to the Chalcolithic period or 3500 BC making it 5500 years old.

A small diving bird that was classified as native to the island nation of Madagascar has been declared as extinct after it has not been sighted since for the last 25 years.