Oak Lines IL has taken a new approach to getting People to stop at Stop Signs. By adding red octagons stamped with "... IN THE NAAME OF LOVE!" or "... AND SMELL THE ROSES."

Cute Idea. picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago

I have tried many times, eventually succeeded, and published my method. picked by loinsees 3 years ago

A mother duck was captured tipping her brood into the water after her five chicks attempted to take a rest on a floating plank of wood. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

The new bird, Eoconfuciusornis is the oldest known confuciusornithid, a group unique to China. It therefore represents an early stage in bird evolution. Confuciusornithids lived from 120-131 million years ago and include the oldest birds with horny beaks. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Bird watching might not seem the kind of hobby to attract the Indiana Jones type, but Gerry Nicholls is what you might call an extreme bird watcher. This year he and his friends set out on an international treasure hunt for a very mysterious bird. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

See a bird and have no clue what it is? This website is a fantastic search engine for wild birds and guides you through choosing its shape, colour, habitat and call and helps you identify the bird!

I find this site super useful and always refer to it when I venture out of my province.

"That Bird is a Liar!" picked by chinook 2 years ago

A man who appointed himself sanitation guardian of Hasanpur, India, said he uses a powerful weapon to stop people from defecating outdoors -- shame. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The economic value of "special water" was first cultivated in Europe during the late 1700s when people began visiting natural springs to drink the water or bathe in it. Then in 1767, Jackson's spa in Boston began bottling their water. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A huge shark - believed to be a great white - rolled over in the water with the body of a man in its jaws in a horror scene described by witnesses. picked by muppet 11 months ago

A bird of prey was caught on camera being blown out of her nest by a gust of wind.

The female Goshawk is being watched by thousands of people across the globe as she raises her chicks in Hampshire's New Forest. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

you really just have to watch the movie picked by Rogue 3 years ago

Everyone's making money in the market for body tissue --except the donors. Alistair Cooke's remains were only the most famous of more than a thousand bodies plundered by Michael Mastromarino, owner of Biomedical Tissue Services (BTS). picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Fears of bird flu thwarted the flight, and the vulture was freed in northern Thailand on Thursday, thousands of miles from home. China and South Korea refused to let the bird be flown through their capitals, despite tests showing it did not have bird flu. picked by suebe 3 years ago

With pierced picture goodness! Keep scrolling down; at some point I'll bet you say EWwwwwwwww... picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Texas Tech University used computer programs originally designed for aircraft to analyze the probable flight characteristics of Argentavis magnificens, a giant bird that lived in South America 6 million years ago. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

Three men stole body parts from corpses and then sold them to biomedical firms without the consent of relatives. They were then used by unsuspecting doctors in medical transplants. Update to this picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Extracts from a mushroom used for centuries in Eastern Asian medicine may stop breast cancer cells from growing and could become a new weapon in the fight against the killer disease, scientists said on Tuesday. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Every person has a unique body odour, like their fingerprints, that could be used as an 'odourprint' to identify them, a new study has found. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Water shortages in the southern city of Aden are already fueling violence. One person was shot dead and three were wounded, two of them police, during water protests on Aug. 24.

*This is about water, something we take for granted every day. picked by kakana 3 months ago

We all know that water is good for us, but often the reasons are a little fuzzy. And even if we know why we should drink water, it's not a habit that many people form. picked by maxriter 2 years ago