Asia rang in the New Year on Thursday with parades and fireworks celebrating the Year of the Sheep (or Goat or Ram). According to the Chinese lunar calendar, February 19, 2015, begins the celebration of the animal considered to be a general symbol of plenitude and good fortune, emblematic of kindness.
Rowan Hansen, 11, has always loved reading comics and watching superheroes on TV and in films. But she has always been bothered by the lack of female superheroes. Last month, after writing a letter to DC Comics, she got an answer from the company that thrilled her -- and a piece of art that sent her over the moon.
At least 57 Amur leopards now exist in Russia, up from just 30 counted in 2007, and an additional 8-12 cats were identified over the border in China, doubling the number of the world's rarest wild cat in the past seven years.
The number of giant pandas in the wild increased by 268 over the last decade, bringing the worldwide population to 1,864 -- a 16.8% rise compared to the last panda survey in 2003.
A man who took a suicide leap off the Golden Gate Bridge told an audience at a mental health conference how he survived the normally deadly fall after a sea lion pushed him to the surface and kept him afloat until the Coast Guard arrived.
Hollywood superheroes Chris Evans, who plays the role of Marvel's Captain America, and his friend Chris Pratt (who plays Star-Lord in the film Guardians of the Galaxy) made good on a friendly Super Bowl bet on Saturday visiting Seattle Children's Hospital bringing gifts and joy to young patients
Veteran beekeepers are calling it "mindboggling." A father-son team in Australia invented the Flow Hive which allows users to collect honey on tap directly from their beehives without disturbing bees.
Rescued from a puppy mill, "Smiley," a dog born without eyes, is living up to his name, inspiring others with his sweet disposition after overcoming a heartbreaking past.
An imperial eagle had quite a view to accompany his record-breaking dive from the world's tallest building last Saturday, as you can see in this eagle-cam video from the BBC.
Japan is known for its high-speed bullet trains and old-fashioned locomotives. But, nothing compares to the attention this life-sized Thomas the Tank Engine has received since last summer.
For the fourth time, a city in Canada has decided to help out some slow amphibians by closing a road for two months during their migration period.
A photo posted by an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia has been spread far beyond Canada's borders, thanks to a Twitter post with thousands of retweets.
Straight from a Marvel mini-universe, three foot tall versions of Thor, Wonder Woman, and other caped crusaders are still soaring from their heroic contributions in Monday's race for a good cause.
Four Yangtze finless porpoises were released into their new home today, marking the start of an ambitious project to help save the critically endangered freshwater species from almost certain extinction in less than a decade.
Larry WhiteEagle-Fisher is certain that his Native American heritage is the source of his passion for birds of prey, and every day he cares for the injured ones like they're family.
A time of 11 years, two months isn't much to brag about if you're running the Boston Marathon. It's pretty good if you're on Mars. NASA's "Opportunity" rover has finally traveled 26.2 miles from its landing site — the length of a standard marathon race — across the surface of Mars.
Two days short of his 20th birthday, this young painter reached his goal of donating one million dollars worth of his art to charities. Impressive, especially because he is a cancer survivor, and he's legally blind.
Brutus, a two-year-old Rottweiler and a quadruple-amputee, is currently living a frisky life thanks to his four new prosthetics and the woman who rescued him in a parking lot.
There's a baby boom going on among a clan of the world's most endangered killer whales, increasing the number of orcas in that community by 3%.
Chad Bernstein is a celebrity trombone player, but his passion is helping at-risk kids overcome the pull of Miami's rough streets through music. On that sweet note he was named a CNN Hero.