
Did you know that moose shed their antlers?
Before they drop their antlers for the season, moose can experience up to a pound of antler growth per day.
Before they drop their antlers for the season, moose can experience up to a pound of antler growth per day.
A 7-year-old decided to donate the money in her piggy bank to a dog rescue, prompting tons of others to match her donation.
| Scripps News Staff
Experts say the 15-million-year-old, 5-inch-long tooth likely belonged to a shark nearly 50 feet long.
In the process, McKee raised a lot of money for charity— over $1.4 million.
| Justin Boggs
A scientific assessment found recovery in progress, more than 35 years after the world agreed to stop producing a list of ozone-eating chemicals.
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Damar Hamlin's hometown of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, is hoping for a speedy recovery after the Buffalo Bills safety collapsed during a game.
Roughly $5.5 million was donated in the first 24 hours after his injury. And the number is climbing.
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There have been 22 straight drawings without a big winner, allowing the Mega Millions prize to roll over and keep growing.
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Every day, there are people in the world making incredible things happen, and their stories are sure to bring you a smile.
Pets for Life works in 43 states, to get pet care to places where people experience poverty or lack access to veterinary care.
| Maya Rodriguez
Indoor skydiving helps teach kids with special needs the meaning of overcoming fears, as well as defy what some kids think is possible for themselves.
| Daniel Grossman
Stephen Graddick shows us how Bike Alpharetta and North Fulton Community Charities help make children's dreams come true at Christmas.
Black Lives Matter hopes a $500,000 fund will offer some assured relief to current or former students waiting for loan forgiveness.
Ukraine has made efforts to fly many of its most endangered animals out of the war-torn country, like lions from the Odesa Zoo.
The New York-based Center for Jewish History is launching a project offering DNA testing kits for free to Holocaust survivors and their children.
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Operation Santa has helped deliver gifts from Ol' Saint Nick to kids of all ages. And over the years, the process has moved online.
| Aimee Reece and Lindsay Tuchman
FeedingNYC, a non-profit organization, provides hundreds of meals to shelters that include migrant families.
Over the last decade and a half, Hunters Helping the Hungry has delivered 2.2 million quarter-pound servings of fresh venison to families.
Research just proved what a lot of cat owners already know —they're not as aloof as people think they are.
| Simplemost and Bridget Sharkey
The Obama Foundation Leaders United States program is a six-month leadership development program for emerging leaders between the ages of 24 and 45.
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'The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary' was last updated in 2018 through a longstanding partnership between Hasbro and Merriam-Webster.
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An infant ICU in Chicago has resumed its cuddling program after pausing it at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pumuckel the pony works as a therapy horse with seniors and is 2 inches shorter than the current record-holder.
A 70-year-old Delaware woman said she used some of the winnings from one lottery ticket to buy another for an even bigger win.
John Cox says providing wheelchairs for disabled animals was life-changing not just for them — but for himself.
| Robert Boyd and WFTS
It took six months for 14-year-old Thomas Aldous to design and build the hand as an eighth-grade student.
Chimp Haven has housed and helped hundreds of apes that are no longer needed in medical research.
CEO Sofia Chang says it's the largest donation the Girl Scouts have received from an individual since their founding in 1912.
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The money also will be used to stop outbreaks of new variants of the virus.
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Fat Bear Week ends on Tuesday, so you still have plenty of time to choose the winner.
Unfortunately, the Great Barrier Reef is still vulnerable, as in the southern region it decreased from 38% to 34%.
| Lea Herring
Black Wordschoolers is a bookmobile filled with stories from Black authors. It's helping students learn to repel stereotypes and raise literacy rates.
Fifteen nonprofits across the Kansas City area are included in 8-year-old Elaina Guerra's wish to help children who need beds.
| JuYeon Kim and KSHB
The study explains none of the patients received chemoradiotherapy or underwent surgery and "no cases of progression or recurrence had been reported."
| Scripps News Staff