Two original watercolors for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling – Credit: Roseberys / SWNS Two original illustrations for Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book that were lost for over a century have been discovered. The watercolors had been hanging unrecognized on the walls of a London family home for decades. The rediscovery increases the number … Read more
Crush the sea turtle gets ticket on Loganair to reach sanctuary – SWNS On 9 January, large parts of Europe were brought to a standstill as Storm Goretti, a powerful winter cyclone with 110 mph winds, swept into the region from the south. Soon after, a beachcomber found a young loggerhead turtle washed up on … Read more
– credit, images supplied by Ogden to SWNS A woman whose new prosthetic leg was swept out to sea is “over the moon” after she found it 10 months later, it having been swept right back to the beach where she lost it. Last April, 69-year-old Brenda Ogden lost her custom-made titanium blade-style prosthesis moments … Read more
Lost Cat Found After Four Years — Cousin Spots Her on Shelter Website Tinsel came home in 2017, a shelter cat with a soft face and a little moustache marking that made her hard to forget. She settled in fast. Slept where she wanted. Followed Maggie around the house like she’d always belonged there. She … Read more
Choco, the lost dog – Courtesy Helping Paws and Claws on Facebook A sweet little lost pooch has come home in time for Christmas—to a bigger family than the one he left. That’s because little Choco was gone for 5 years. But his hominid mama Patricia never gave up hope of finding him again. It … Read more
Dennis the newly adopted terrier puppy runs happy – SWNS An adorable disabled pup that was left in a dumpster has been rehomed in time for Christmas after being rescued and nursed back to health. After being discovered abandoned in South Oxfordshire, England, the tiny six-week-old, which is deaf and half-blind, was rushed to a … Read more
Superman #1 via CGC and Heritage Auctions Their mother often boasted to her three sons that she had very valuable comic books upstairs, but they never sought to verify or explore her claim. Now, her Superman No.1 comic book has become the most valuable one ever auctioned, after hauling in $9.1 million on November 20th. … Read more
Two musical pieces written by Johann Sebastian Bach were recently performed for the first time ever, more than 300 years after they were composed. Both written for the organ, they are believed to date from the great composer’s very early career, when he worked as a organ tutor in Thuringia. Germany’s Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer … Read more
The gingko-toothed beaked whale seen in 2024 – credit Craig Hayslip, CC 4.0. Int. A lifelong whale researcher recently encountered a living pair of gingko-toothed beaked whales for the first time ever in the wild. The encounter advances the science of beaked whales enormously, for in addition to confirming the whole genome of the animal, … Read more
– supplied to Art Net as a courtesy by Morton Subastas Auctioneers 7 years ago, a Mexican fine art auctioneer submitted their upcoming auction catalogue to a database of stolen art as part of a due diligence process that’s pretty standard in the industry. Analysts flipped through the pages of paintings and portraits, clearing each … Read more