A 104-year-old has been a professional lobster woman since she was 8. She says the secret to her longevity is keeping busy.
Virginia Oliver measures and bands lobsters on her son Max Oliver’s boat.Robert F. Bukaty
Lobsterwoman Virginia Oliver, 104, has worked in the family business since age 8.The centen… [+3938 chars]read more
Video shows the Houthis attack a merchant ship with a naval drone seemingly disguised as a slow fishing boat
Yemeni fishermen move their boats along a sandy beach in the Khokha district of the western province of Hodeida, on Jan. 21, 2019.Photo by SALEH AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images
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Scientists astonished after sighting one of world’s rarest whale species: ‘We both knew immediately what it was’
A whale of a tale, indeed. On May 24, scientists were shocked and excited to spot a North Pacific right whale one of the rarest whale species in the world off the coast of Marin County, California.
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Travelers are going to extreme lengths to avoid scrolling and notification anxiety on vacation
Pasco Photography/ Unplugged
Adults are increasingly attached to their devices and are almost constantly online, study shows.Many are turning to the tourism industry to force themse… [+6284 chars]read more
Justice Thomas took more trips paid for my GOP donor than he disclosed senator says
The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that the panels subpoena of a conservative donor revealed additional travel and gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, which the jus… [read more]
Animal Rights Activists Posted a Cartoon Image Over King Charles’ Portrait
Two animal rights protestors vandalized the new portrait of King Charles III on Tuesday at the Philip Mould Gallery in London, placing a cartoon picture over the painting.
Advocates plastered post… [read more]
California’s pelicans are starving and scientists may know why
Theres a broken link in the food chain of Californias brown pelicans, adding a sad chapter to one of conservations most striking success stories.
Emaciated birds are turning up in Californias ponds,… [read more]
Nigerian star’s drowning forces Nollywood to look at safety
By Hannah Gelbart, BBC What in World, Lagos
The last video that Nigerian actor Junior Pope made for his more than two million Instagram followers eerily foreshadowed his death.
You see the risks, p… [read more]
Chinese coastguard releases South China Sea videos to counter Philippine claims of ‘barbaric’ behaviour
Chinese media outlets have published footage from Chinese coastguards in response to claims that they had blocked the evacuation of a sick Philippine servicemen in the South China Sea.
It follows th… [read more]
Penguins Are Key Indicators of the Ocean’s Health
In Bettys Bay, South Africa, one of the worlds wildlife celebrities, an African penguin, was busy shaking herself free from the sea. On land, cute and ungainly in equal measure, this princess of the … [read more]