5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (583+ words) Visitors to Grandfather Mountain in September have the chance to witness a stunning aerial spectacle — thousands of raptors migrating over the mountains and south toward their wintering grounds. LINVILLE, N.C. — Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (509+ words) LINVILLE, N.C. — Visitors have the chance to witness a stunning aerial spectacle — thousands of raptors migrating over the mountains and south toward their wintering grounds — as Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, will host…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (397+ words) The large dog that was part of the group of four dogs found abandoned at Big Creek Trailer Park is comforted by a HCHS volunteer. The animals had been abandoned for about three weeks after their former owners were evicted....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (396+ words) Penguins Connie and Major General Sir Nils Olav with their egg. (Edinburgh Zoo via SWNS) The world's highest-ranking penguin is set to become a father after his partner laid an egg. The aquatic bird - Major General Sir Nils Olav III,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (450+ words) Sahee the lion's eye operation while he was sedated. (Hertfordshire Zoo via SWNS) Brave vets carefully carried out a delicate operation on a sedated lion at a U.K. zoo after an old injury left him with a painful eye condition. The…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (811+ words) The crew that caught the giant tuna fish. (54 North Maritime Training via SWNS) A teenager was part of a crew who landed a giant 742-pound (338kg) bluefin tuna in Whitby for the first time in 90 years. She helped to catch the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (360+ words) Leona was a good mule. She was in a fabled minority in the pack station realm of mules, as she was a riding mule as well as a pack mule. She was also … well … somewhat notional in nature. There was…...