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A 7,000-acre cattle ranch in Kansas has found an unusual way to generate a steady income alongside traditional ranching. Pete Ferrell, a fourth-generation rancher, hosts 50 industrial wind turbines on his property as part of the 100-turbine Elk River Wind Project, a 150-megawatt facility that began operating in 2005. The turbines do not replace the…

In 1934, an Arizona father began collecting discarded objects and desert stone. Eleven years later, his salvaged materials had been transformed into an 18-room castle built for his daughter. Image Credits: Flickr, Wikipedia In the foothills of Phoenix’s South Mountain, an extraordinary house was built from materials most people would have thrown away. Between the…

Portrait of Morgan seated with his granddaughter Mabel Satterlee, 1906. (Photo: Muller Ury.com) In 1900, financier J P Morgan bought 117 acres in Maine, including Sand Beach and Great Head, as a wedding gift for his daughter Louisa. The land is now part of Acadia National Park.The land around Great Head and Sand Beach was…

Composite image of chimpanzee (left) and bonobo (right). Credits – Wikimedia Commons A bonobo named Louise at a sanctuary in Japan helped document the longest-lasting social memory recorded outside our species. When shown a photograph of her sister Loretta, whom she had not seen in more than 26 years, Louise stared intently at the familiar…

In 1994, Steve and Terri Irwin bought 3,500 acres to restore dwindling Koala habitat. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons. In 1994, Steve and Terri Irwin made a conservation investment that began with a simple idea: if koalas were losing habitat, protecting the animals alone would not be enough. That year, Australia Zoo bought 3,500 acres at…

Travis Kelce opens up.(Image via Getty Images) Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs’ popular tight end, has sparked major concern over his fitness as he gears up for his 14th season on the field. While Travis Kelce has been facing a lot of criticisms from analysts, he opened up about a painful moment in his…

Campbell Island landscape | Wikimedia Commons Sheep farming collapsed on Campbell Island in 1931, and about 4,000 animals were left behind on one of the most remote islands in New Zealand’s territory. The farm’s final leaseholder, John Warren, had taken over the operation only a few years earlier, but falling prices and severe transport problems…

Image Courtesy: Youtube/jai.IITBombay A 54% score in Class 10, including just 41 marks in Mathematics and 48 in Science, became a difficult chapter for Jainendrajeet. He had also spent nearly 40 to 50 days on bed rest before his board exams because of health issues, leaving him with little time to prepare. When the result…

Deerness Christmas tree. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons Once the ornaments come down and the lights are packed away, most Christmas trees are set out for collection. In California, though, thousands of them take a very different route: into the water. Every January, wildlife agencies in several regions of the state gather donated trees, weigh them…

Representation of Bahrain’s sunken Boeing 747, transformed into an artificial reef attracting marine life and divers. Image Credits: ChatGPT. In June 2019, a Boeing 747 made an unusual final journey in Bahrain. Instead of heading to an aircraft graveyard, the 70-metre-long jumbo jet was towed out to sea and lowered onto the seabed to become…