The season's first winter storm — which brought
significant snowfall to the Washington, DC, area on
January 3, 2022 — could not have come at a better
time for the residents of the Smithsonian's National
Zoo. With the park closed to visitors due to the
inclement weather, the animals were able to
welcome the New Year with several snow days all t...
On December 31, 2021, the world happily bid
farewell to yet another year of COVID uncertainties
and welcomed 2022 with high hopes. The
celebrations were scaled back, or in some cases
even canceled, due to the rapid spread of the new
coronavirus variant, Omicron. However, the variant's
milder symptoms and lower fatality rates has rene...
Most seafood lovers — animal or human — would
find it hard to resist a tasty shrimp morsel. However,
not Kit, a mischievous sea otter that resides at
California's Monterey Bay Aquarium. Rather than
gulping down the tiny crustacean, Kit used it as a
game piece to play what the aquarium officials
dubbed "The Shrimp Game."
The school day had just ended at Isaac Dickson
Elementary School in Asheville, North Carolina. Most
students had left, and the ones in the school's
"supervised homework help" program were inside
the campus. Fifth-grade teacher Betsie Stockslager
Emry was also heading home when she noticed two
playful black bears entering the empty playground...
