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Innovative Italian Invents River Cleaner That Grabs Trash Using Water’s Current
An Italian firm has invented what seems to be the perfect tool for stopping plastic waste from reaching the ocean via a river.
They had...
Iraqi Drought Reveals Stunning 3,400-Year-Old City Covered By Tigris River
German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered an ancient metropolis of the Mittani Empire once submerged below the Tigris River. The settlement was revealed when...
An Otter Spotted in Detroit River May be First Sighting in 100 Years
It would have been easy for Eric Ste Marie to mistake the bobbing brown head and body in the Detroit River to be a...
Diving Heroes Find Woman’s 100-Year-old Wedding Ring After it Flew Off her Finger Into a River
A team of scuba diving heroes have reunited a grateful woman with her lost antique wedding ring after it flew off her finger—and into...
World’s Largest Oyster Restoration Is Big Success – Fulfilling Virginia’s Promise to Chesapeake Bay Rivers
Biologists working to restore the Chesapeake Bay oyster populations are claiming the biggest success in human history, as whole reefs of oysters return to...
Teen Finds a Safe Containing Thousands on Bottom of River – Tracks Down Owner Who’d Been Robbed 22 Years ago
A teenage treasure hunter who combs river bottoms with a heavy-duty magnet pulled a safe containing thousands of dollars—and he captured hearts online after...
This Portable EV Charger is a Game-Changer For Drivers Who Need to Plug-in
The world's first portable battery pack to recharge an electric vehicle (EV) will be shipping to customers in early 2023.
The ZipCharge Go was designed...
Scotland Aims to Save Wild Salmon By Planting Millions of Trees Along the Rivers
With salmon spawning rivers in Scotland reaching record temperatures, the country has launched a mass native tree-planting campaign to cloak the shallows in shade...
Diego Rivera’s Dream of a ‘City of Arts’ in Mexico Turns to Reality 80 Years Later
Diego Rivera created many masterpieces, but he envisioned a magnum opus that never came to be in his lifetime—a city of art, where Mexican...
7 Things You Must Keep in Your Car – Learn From Stranded Drivers on Freezing Interstate Highways For 21-48 Hours
Recently, winter storms left drivers stranded on interstate highways in their cars— sometimes without food or water—for up to 48 hours. What can you...
Couple Stuck on Highway for 21 Hours in Snowstorm Asks Bakery Truck to Give Away Their Supply to Hungry Drivers
A miserable day stuck in snow on U.S. Interstate 95 took a turn for the better through a positive sort of highway robbery.
The understanding...
Families Spend Christmas Eve Rescuing 6 Elk Trapped in Frozen River After Falling Through Ice (LOOK)
More than two dozen people gave up many hours of warm festivities at their homes on Christmas Eve to rescue six elk that were...
Beavers Saved From Euthanasia Transform and Replenish Rivers in the Utah Desert
Beavers and their dams can positively impact essentially any environment they're placed in, even the scorching heat of the Moab Desert in Utah. And...
Once Biologically Dead, London’s River Thames Rebounds – With Seahorses and Seals
Once declared biologically dead, the Thames River flows as much with life as with water these days, and the first report on its health...
Because Amazon Tribes Were Trusted, A True River Monster Was Saved
When the Brazilian state of Amazonas put the responsibility of protecting one of the world's largest freshwater fish in the hands of the indigenous...
A Lost Sunken City of Gold and Jewels Found in the Mud of Indonesian River
Nighttime divers on the Musi River in Indonesia are beginning to fish out fistfuls of gold, gems, and other treasures from the mud—and it...
New Hydrogel Tablet That Can Purify a Liter of River Water in an Hour
As much as a third of the world's population does not have access to clean drinking water, according to some estimates, and half of...
Conservation Groups Celebrate Dam Removal on Green River – Restoring Health of Fish and Humans After 70 Years
Five environmental partners celebrated the largest dam removal in Kentucky’s history last week, which will not only restore biodiversity and improve ecosystems but also...
Malawi Inventor Lights Up His Whole Village Basically for Free–Starting With a Bicycle and a River
“To invent,” Thomas Edison said, “you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
Colrerd Nkosi had all the junk he needed—and the will...
Watch Quick-Thinking Kayakers Save Pair of Rare Eagles Drowning in the Danube River
While paddling the iconic Danube River, what this Hungarian couple wasn't expecting to find was two rare white-tailed eagles, stuck together and at risk...