Many cities have struggled with medical marijuana ordinances, but none has had a bigger problem than Los Angeles, where pot shops have proliferated. At one point, the city ordered closure of the shops — a process that failed amid lawsuits and conflicting rulings by appellate courts. In the latest attempt to regulate what many […]
Category Archives: Environmental / Nature
Baby Sloth Clings to Teddy Bear for Dear Life
A baby sloth at a zoo in the Netherlands is clinging to a new friend for dear life. A teddy bear has given to a 2-month-old sloth named Sjakie (pronounced “Sharkey”) at the Burgers’ Zoo. The stuffed bear not only provides a friend to cuddle with, but it give the baby […]
Hiker Rescued After Surviving More Than Three Weeks in Remote Utah Desert
Too weak to stand or walk, William M. LaFever sat in a shallow river bed in the south Utah desert, awaiting rescue that came more than a month after his family last heard from him. Thursday afternoon, a helicopter flying in the Escalante River gorge spied the bearded LaFever, 28, who had lost 50 […]
Stop worrying about your lawn… paint it green !!!
When Timothy Birdwell of Indianapolis confronted with dry weather and a watering ban he came up with an idea with his friend about how to keep his lawn green and care-free. Birdwell, an employee of Imperial Painting, says that his lawn stays fresh and green no matter how dry the weather is. What is his […]
Watch this “Picture Perfect” Video of the Northern lights
iReporter Malcolm Park captures the beauty of the northern lights in time lapse over Ontario, Canada.
Great White Sharks Stalks Oblivious Kayaker as People Scream at Him From Shore
kayaker Mr Szulc, 41, has a lot to be grateful for after a close encounter with a great white at a popular US Cape Cod resort. Walter Szulc was paddling near a Cape Cod beach at the weekend when he saw the shark’s dorsal fin just behind him. He said he said he “paddled very fast” to shore […]
Army of Cats Protect Russian Museum, And Have Been Doing So Since 1745
Russia’s famous Hermitage Museum has an unusual line of defense of the four-legged variety. The Guards of the Russian Crown Jewelry The most famous museum in Russia, the State Hermitage in the heart of Saint Petersburg, is guarded by 70 cats. Visitors don’t usually see these “employees” in the exhibition halls of […]
Fish With Human-Like Teeth Found
Lake Lou Yaeger’s superintendent Jim Caldwell brought the fish to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources after initially responding to a report that a piranha had been caught. The lab quickly identified it as a pacu. There are conflicting reports that a second pacu fish had been spotted shortly after. The is how did a […]
Police and Rescue Workers Rescue Iguana From Inside Car
Miami Firefighters were called to the scene after an employee from the Miami Seaquarium called 911 after realizing there was a nearly 4 foot iguana inside of his car.
In Search of Himalayan Viagra
Jafra along with his two brothers crouch down in a field to pick through blades of grass, they have traveled five days by foot to a Himalayan meadow inside Nepal’s Dolpa district. They came, just as tens of thousands do each year, to harvest a highly valuable commodity from the high-altitude soil: the […]