Recently, a cheerful 100-year-old message in a bottle was found on the south-west coast of Australia. In it, a World War One soldier proclaimed to be "as happy as Larry." If you're a betting person, ...

Reiko Hiroyama lives on Ishigaki, a subtropical island in Japan. One morning, she went out to comb the beach near her house. Beachcombing conjures up a leisurely world of sand dollars and Daiquiris, ...

Friendship can be found in the most unlikely places — sometimes it just needs a little current to get things moving. Amy Bisterzo and her 10-year-old son Lorenzo took a short outing on their jet ski ...