No one expected a stray dog to survive a 430-mile endurance race through the Ecuadorian Amazon. The Swedish adventure racing team certainly didn’t plan on having a fourth member. But sometimes loyalty […]
For eight months, the senior Husky watched from his kennel as families came and went. Puppies were scooped up within hours. Young dogs found homes in days. But him? He stayed. Week […]
It was nothing, really. Just a disagreement. The kind that happens in every relationship—a difference of opinion, a misunderstood tone, the usual friction that comes with sharing a life with another person. […]
The power had been out for three hours when the oxygen concentrator went silent. In a third-floor walk-up along the coast of New Jersey, an 84-year-old woman sat in the dark, listening […]
I saw a man carrying his dog down the street in the blazing heat. The image captured from behind—a man in work clothes walking down a hot street, carrying a brown and […]
Phil Knight, who started Nike selling sneakers from his car trunk, and his wife Penny just pledged $2 billion to cancer research—the largest single donation ever to a U.S. university. The staggering […]
In March, Thomas Panek ran the New York City Half Marathon guided by three dogs: his longtime companion Gus, plus Westley and Waffle. Not assisted by human guides holding his arm or […]
Ten-year-old Lucas’s severe stutter made school torture. Not just mild speech difficulty but a stutter so severe that speaking in class became an ordeal of fear and humiliation. The kind of stutter […]
A girl arrived at Simonds Elementary in the morning looking upset. The teacher noticed immediately—children’s emotions are visible in their faces and body language, especially when they’re distressed about something. This student […]
A wildlife enthusiast believed respect meant immersion. The philosophy that drove his dangerous decision—that truly respecting and understanding wildlife means experiencing it from within, getting as close as possible, immersing yourself in […]