A Spanish disability group has threatened legal action after people with dwarfism were reportedly hired as entertainers for Lamine Yamal's 18th birthday. ... Read full Story
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Residents of Northampton, England, have captured video of an unusual new neighbor causing a stir in the area: a bright green pigeon. ... Read full Story
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A goat stranded on a Hawaii cliff for nearly a week was rescued by climbers and taken to a veterinarian, where she was found to be pregnant. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/14/2025 10:59 AM
The London Fire Brigade responded to an apartment in the city where a "naughty tortoise" sparked a blaze by knocking over his heat lamp. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/11/2025 4:28 PM
Rescuers with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance swooped in to save an underweight American pronghorn fawn found struggling on private land in New Mexico. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/11/2025 1:39 PM
Security cameras were recording at an Ohio community center when a small child climbed into a claw machine and became stranded among the stuffed animals. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/11/2025 12:33 PM
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating whether there is a cougar on the loose after a resident's home security camera captured video of a large feline in Rochester. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/11/2025 11:40 AM
A pair of bears with an apparent taste for live music joined the crowds of people waiting to get into a concert at Colorado's iconic Red Rocks Ampitheater. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/10/2025 4:46 PM
A Michigan man won a $500,000 lottery prize thanks to his local store being sold out of the ticket he had originally intended to buy. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/10/2025 1:50 PM
A retired Japanese race horse famous for never winning a race is experiencing a new surge of popularity thanks to a popular mobile game. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/10/2025 1:10 PM
Moo Deng, the pygmy hippo who took the internet by storm, celebrated her first birthday Thursday at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/9/2025 2:15 PM
Police in British Columbia said there was a literal "traffic jam" on a highway when a pickup truck lost its load of freshly-picked blueberries. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/9/2025 1:20 PM
The Maine State Police said troopers put their cowboy skills to the test Wednesday when a loose horse was found wandering on the interstate. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 7/9/2025 11:40 AM
An Australian man fishing off the coast of Queensland captured video of a ray leaping out of the water and appearing to briefly take flight to escape a hammerhead shark. ... Read full Story
"Shell art isn't a new genre; it's been with us for centuries. The Victorians often framed their family photos with shells. ... The medium also came to the fore in the 1970s when everything was embellished with shells, from photo frames and mirrors to trinket boxes and even furniture." — Stephen Crafti, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 2025
Did you know?
Embellish came to English, by way of Anglo-French, from the Latin word bellus, meaning "beautiful." It's in good company: modern language is adorned with bellus descendants. Examples include such classics as beauty, belle, and beau. And the beauty of bellus reaches beyond English: its influence is seen in the French bel, a word meaning "beautiful" that is directly related to the English embellish. And in Spanish, bellus is evidenced in the word bello, also meaning "beautiful."