80-year-old man was an "angel with a lantern" for a woman and three others whose cars were stuck during a massive blizzard in Saskatchewan.

In 2021, NASA technology saved 330 lives in the U.S. network region of the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort.

Fatima Wood said that she and her young children were struggling to make it out of the 19-story building as smoke quickly filled the hallway

The dog named Tinsley had a purpose: to take police to the scene of an accident, where two people — including her owner — lay badly injured.

A Hawaiian couple found themselves in quite a scary situation when they took a wrong turn on what they thought was a short hike and got lost

Bear, a five-year-old high-energy dog tasked with finding Koalas injured in Australia's devastating bushfires, has rescued 100 marsupials.

Lily Swanson had been walking the family's Rottweiler Isobel close to their home when a strong burning smell in Hough Lane made her stop.

A group of hikers in Canada used their turbans to rescue two men who fell into frigid waters below a raging waterfall, intense video shows.

Between 1982 and 2020, at least 51,512 people were rescued on land and at sea with help from a network of Earth-orbiting satellites.

Algorithm makes polarized imaging more practical for imaging through water, which could benefit rescues and other underwater applications.

A couple in their 90s from Phoenix was recovering at UCSD Medical Center along with one of the good Samaritans who pulled them from the car.

A dog named Baekgu has become Korea's first honorary 119 rescue dog after playing a critical role in the search for a missing elderly woman.

Lily Swanson had been walking the family's Rottweiler Isobel close to their home when a strong burning smell in Hough Lane made her stop.

Heartwarming footage shows a disabled kitten whizzing around on a wheelchair made from a plastic bottle and toy car wheels.

A 97-year-old former US soldier has been reunited with three Italian siblings he saved as children during WWII.

A swimmer stranded two and a half miles from shore in the icy waters of Tralee Bay, Ireland, was 'miraculously' rescued by RNLI volunteer.

Donnie Wiseman of Davis County, has the scrapes and scars to prove he jumped on an 8 foot alligator in order to save the handler

Thanks to the actions of Piran the cat who meowed at the group until they noticed, the 83-year-old woman was rescued and is now on the mend

After a journey that lasted 7 years and more than 1,000 miles, Sgt. Pepper is back home.

It was just a small hand waving through the wreckage, yet one of the few hopeful moments amid a largely fruitless effort to find survivors.