For the past 30 years, Wang De has been practicing the ancient art of Da Shuhua, a 500-year-old tradition that first began with blacksmiths in the Nunquan village of China. Wanting a way to celebrate Chinese New Year, but without the means to afford traditional fireworks, these blacksmiths devised a new form of entertainment: tossing molten iron against the walls, creating beautiful showers of sparks.
The Prehistoric Crab Crawling For Survival
For the past 200 million years, the American horseshoe crab has roamed our planet. A semiaquatic species, these creatures spend the majority of their time in shallow waters and can be found along the Atlantic coastline of North America. Their ten eyes help them stay oriented while swimming, and their hard shell protects them from turtles and sharks.
Inside New York's Only Bird Rehab Center
When Rita McMahon found a half-dead goose on the side of a street in New York City, she quickly discovered that there was nowhere in the area to bring injured or sick wildlife. So McMahon took it upon herself to create a haven for injured birds by founding the Wild Bird Fund.
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