Charlotte McPherson has been banned from keeping horses after Facebook users spotted photos of her riding a skeletal ex-racehorse She was reported to the RSPCA after dozens of animal lovers were shocked by images of her aboard thoroughbred Thor at an event in March The 22-year-old from Kidderminster admitted two counts of animal cruelty Banned from […]

You have to hand it to them, the pharmaceutical industry just doesn’t stop trying to force people to purchase their chemicals, but now they’re even trying to convince you to purchase pharma drugs for your dogs! The insanity never ends when it comes to these people because they have the backing of the United States federal […]

Science is incredible. Some of the strangest sounding experiments of all time have led to discoveries that changed the entire world. That’s a major part of scientific discovery, especially when it comes to biology. Similarly, going to great lengths to make advancements in the health realm requires experiments that may sound a bit unconventional to […]

When you take a look at the Earth as a whole, people are responsible for the vast majority of its problems. From all of the pollution, to the terrorism and destruction, human beings do not treat our planet with the respect that it deserves. While it is easy to pass off these issues as not […]

One thing that seems to be true all across the world is that people are fascinated by dinosaurs. Perhaps this is because of their massive, almost unfathomable size. Perhaps this is because of the fact that none of us were alive to see what it was like to co-exist with these beasts. Perhaps a number […]

Scientists have recently made a discovery that changes what we know about human evolution after observing monkeys doing something we once thought was unique to humans. Archaeologists found that monkeys can produce tools that were once thought as being unique to mankind. This challenges decades of research. In Brazil, wild bearded Capuchin monkeys were recently spotted  extracting […]

A new species of blood fluke was found infecting the lungs of turtles in Malaysia. This parasitic flatworm has been dubbed Baracktrema obamai, in honor of the President of the United States (who is the fifth cousin twice removed of one of the discovering scientists). Article Kate Baggaley B. obamai is described in the August […]

Beached whale carcasses and locus infestations sound like Biblical plagues straight from the Old Testament, but they are a reality afflicting segments of the globe. Consequently, many people are wondering whether these episodes are an ominous warning to the rest of the world. Last January, the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme unveiled information that 1,000 […]

Backyard chickens have exploded in popularity. They can provide your family with a delicious source of protein from their eggs and/or meat. They can also provide a life lesson for your children in the care and keeping of a flock, their poop can enrich barren soil and, due to their intricate social network, you can enjoy hours […]

The tragedy of Fukushima has been on going since 2011, but the death of our oceans has been oa slow burn for decades. In 2008, the Scientific American reported that there were 406 dead zones — meaning there was not enough oxygen to support life — worldwide. At that time, the blame was from fertilizer […]

One of the most important pieces of knowledge to carry with you in a survival setting is how to protect yourself against wildlife. While a vast majority of animals in the forest are peaceful creatures that are more scared of you than you are of them, there are plenty of animals that pose a serious […]

The Fukushima disaster continues to prove that its tidal wave of environmental destruction will reach across the globe. The western coast of North America, for example, has been experiencing a dramatic decline in marine life. With cases of malnourished and starving sea lions and brown pelicans popping up along the coastline, whales and dolphins migrating […]

Greenland sharks are the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, with some reaching the age of 400, scientists say. (Article by News.sky.com) The discovery means a shark swimming in the North Atlantic today could have been in the sea in the decade when the Mayflower carried the Pilgrim Fathers to North America. Researchers used radiocarbon dating to […]

In 2013, Natural News featured a story about the high rate of seal pup deaths along California coastlines. The article stated, ” . . . this is the season that seal pups flourish, instead they’re struggling ashore in starved emaciated conditions. . . Scientists will say almost half the sea lions born this past winter have died.” At […]

Honey just got a little sweeter. In Nepal, massive bees churn an amazing honey that contains natural psychoactive properties. Known as “mad honey,” the hallucinogenic nectar is made by Himalayan cliff bees, which are the third largest bees in the world, spanning three cm long. The scarce honey is prized for its psychedelic and medicinal […]