During World War II, many ships had cats as mascots to help boost morale and catch mice. One such cat was maybe the unluckiest and yet luckiest feline to sail the seas – a black and white cat named Oscar! This sailor […]

One very difficult channel near New Zealand was called the French Pass. This channel, which is not very wide, has some of the strongest tides near the island. The first time a ship from Europe tried to go through the French Pass […]

During the 1940’s, a pup named Judy was born in Shanghai, China. Judy was a “Pointer,” which is a kind of dog that often lifts one paw and looks in a certain direction to try and “point” something out. Although Judy never […]