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I have often felt, when I have been rambling in the Alps, that nature was too small to set forth God. The mirror is not large enough to reflect the face of the Eternal. You stand in the Alps and hear the avalanche like claps and peals of thunder resounding in the air. You gaze afar off and there it is,…

I heard of a good man who went down the Rhine, but took care to read a book all the way for fear he should have his mind taken off heavenly topics by the beauties of nature. I confess I do not understand such a spirit—I do not want to. If I go into an artist’s house I do that artist a displeasure if…

One of the most complex machines in the world was completed disabled by a small animal. A spokesperson for the large Hadron Collider outside of Geneva, said they had to suspend operations because a weasel got inside a transformer that powers the machine and caused an electrical outage that disabled it…

Twenty-thousand bees pursued and swarmed a car belonging to a sixty-five-year-old grandmother. The owner of the car said she had never seen anything like it before, when thousands of insects flew at the back of her silver Mitsubishi. When bee experts came to the rescue, they captured the queen and were…

As technology has grown, scientists have found that many objects in space create unique noises or songs. In August 2014, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe heard a ticking sound coming from a comet labeled 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimneko. As the comet approached the sun, it emitted what sounded like…

A study published in the journal, Computers in Human Behavior says watching videos of cats on the Internet has a positive effect on people. The researchers studied 7,000 people via social media about viewing the videos and how it affects their mood. 36% of participants described themselves as a “cat…

A Detroit man with a fear of spiders caused a fire when he tried to kill a spider with a lighter. The man says he thought he saw a spider near the fuel door of his car while getting gas and tried to remove it. The lighter actually ignited gasoline on the side of the car, the pump, and the pavement. On…

When Animal Control Officer Joe Dainelis responded to a call about a tiger in the drive of a vacant home, he had real concerns. When he arrived, he was convinced that he was looking at a young tiger lying in the driveway of the home and approached it with care. He grabbed a pole and a shield, and called…

In Argentina, a court has described a 29-year-old Sumatran orangutan as a ‘Non-human person’ with rights of liberty. The court said the Buenos Aires Zoo was ‘depriving the ape of its liberty.’ A lawyer speaking after the decision said the ruling sets a precedent ‘for other sentient beings which are unfairly…

Sissy escaped. In the early morning hours the miniature Schnauzer slipped unseen from its Cedar Rapids, Iowa home. Where could she have gone? Her owner, Nancy Franck, 64, was lying in a hospital bed, stricken with cancer. The faithful dog finally showed up in the lobby of the same hospital 20 blocks…

Researchers working on tracking the movements of birds have discovered the animals seem to have the ability to sense and flee an area before bad weather arrived. Scientists were working to see if it was possible to track the birds, when they discovered unique patterns. When a storm system produced deadly…

A study by University of Arizona behavioral ecologist Jennifer Verdolin has found that prairie dogs, which are found across the central and western United States, rely on social networks to outwit predators, find food, and protect one another. Verdolin has studied the rodents for nearly two decades and…

David Hole found an interesting rock near Melbourne Australia in 2015. He hoped the heavy red rock contained gold because he found it in a layer of yellow clay near one of the country’s well known gold fields. Hole tried to open the rock, but found rock saws, sledgehammers, and acid could not make a…

More than two dozen ships that were sunk during a famous battle in World War II have been raised to the surface by an underwater volcano. Helicopter footage from a Japanese news agency shows 24 ships washed ashore on the western side of the island of Iwo Jima, which is about 750 miles south of Tokyo.…

A Russian nature reserve said a camera disguised as a piece of tree bark to get candid shots of animals in action, was accidentally destroyed by a woodpecker. In a social media post, Nizhne-Svirsky nature Reserve in Leningrad Oblast said the black woodpecker, nicknamed Zhelna, was hunting for insects…

Florida Highway Patrol officials said a very unusual lightning strike occurred along westbound Interstate 75 in Broward County. Authorities said a Nissan vehicle was traveling along the highway during a thunderstorm and a bolt of lightning struck the vehicle’s antenna and traveled through the electrical…

When witnesses recorded what appeared to be an African serval cat wandering in Pinetops, North Carolina, residents were confused about where it came from. The owner of a local petting zoo later confirmed that the cat was an escapee named King Sparta. The owner said the serval was quickly recaptured and…

Officials at Death Valley National Park said they hope to capture a goat seen wandering in the California section of the park. A tourist spotted the goat near Stovepipe Wells and shared a picture with park officials. Rangers immediately went to area to find the non-native animal and remove it from the…