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The old cliché says it’s good to stop and smell the roses. If you believe a series of viral videos, you may appreciate them more if you grew up in the US. It started with an offhand comment about the weather from a friend of Harrison Szep, a 23-year-old UK migrant living in Florida. “He […]
Thought to be one of the world’s rarest penguin species, the hoiho is native to New Zealand A shy yellow-eyed penguin has come out on top of one of New Zealand’s most contested competitions to win Bird of the Year.More than 50,000 people voted in the competition – which has in the past seen its
Move over Moby Dick. Big Mama, the first humpback whale to have returned to the North Pacific’s Salish Sea after decades of absence, is telling a new story about the global threat to whale populations. By the start of the 20th Century, humpback whales had virtually vanished from the Salish Sea, a marginal body of
All that glitters is not always gold when it comes to restaurants with multi-million-dollar waterfrontages, but Sydney caters sublimely to those in the market for splashing out. All that glitters is not always gold when it comes to restaurants with multi-million-dollar waterfrontages, but harbourside Sydney, cradled within the crown of New South Wales’s breathtaking coastline,
In 2017, one of California’s largest ever wildfires was steadily approaching Montecito. But it had long been preparing for just such an event, and survived almost intact. A few days into December 2017, Maeve Juarez, a wildland fire specialist for the Montecito Fire Department, learned an enormous wildfire was creeping toward the Southern California town.She
They are astonishingly beautiful moments of human endeavour, but not all spacewalks go to plan – astronauts and cosmonauts have become stuck in hatches, lost tools and come close to drowning. The launch of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission marks the beginning of what could be another historic moment in commercial spaceflight: the first spacewalk by
For at least 3,500 years, fishermen along the Peruvian coast have been making reed-bound boats and surfing the waves back to shore. Three-metre-high waves crash onto Playa El Mogote in the northern Peruvian seaside village of Huanchaco. Gazing out into the beach, a mix of locals and international tourists surf in the Pacific, but around
Chef Olivia Tiedemann loves flipping the bird to convention. Here are the Hamptons culinary experiences that get her thumbs up, from classic lobster rolls to elite farm stands. When chef Olivia Tiedemann first arrived in the Hamptons to start the personal chef gig that would indirectly lead to explosive Instagram stardom, her first impression was
Green social prescribing means people can be referred by a GP or social worker to engage in nature-based activities Prescribing nature can help to improve happiness and reduce anxiety, a study by researchers at the University of Exeter has found.In total, 8,339 people with mental health needs took part in the study, engaging in nature-based
Scuba diving scientists are scouring riverbeds for the elusive, endangered hellbender – also known as the snot otter, or lasagne lizard – to give them a fighting chance of survival. The dark, rushing, bracingly cold waters of North Carolina’s Watauga River don’t make life easy for the conservationists trying to locate rare and endangered Eastern
Over a decade on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, could we do a better job at cleaning it up today? On April 20, 2010, a blowout caused a huge explosion on the offshore drilling rig operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people were killed. Two days later, the rig collapsed. Oil
Cai says violent and disturbing material appeared on his feeds “out of nowhere” It was 2022 and Cai, then 16, was scrolling on his phone. He says one of the first videos he saw on his social media feeds was of a cute dog. But then, it all took a turn.He says “out of nowhere”
The South Pacific nation is famed for its natural beauty – a major drawcard for visitors New Zealand will steeply increase an entry tax for foreign tourists in a move some fear could deter visitors.The cost of the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy will near triple to NZ$100 (£47.20) from NZ$35 (£16.52) from 1
It was the image that made the Titanic’s wreck instantly recognisable – the ship’s bow looming out of the darkness of the Atlantic depths. It was the image that made the Titanic’s wreck instantly recognisable – the ship’s bow looming out of the darkness of the Atlantic depths.But a new expedition has revealed the effects
As hordes of photographers began descending on a small, rural community to capture its vibrant autumnal colours, local residents have been fighting back – and winning. To enter the town of Pomfret, located in the US state of Vermont, is to be instantly struck by its bucolic beauty. From the north, Howe Hill Road winds
Behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts they live
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