With its tropical climate, looming volcanic mountains and stunning black-sand beaches, it’s no wonder Madeira, Portugal, has been called the “Hawaii of Europe” However, this autonomous island chain off the north-west coast of North Africa has a culture and history all its own that is leading more and more travellers to explore its far-flung shores.Rajan […]
After spearheading the modern fight for Native American rights, Minneapolis and nearby Saint Paul are experiencing an Indigenous cultural renaissance. South of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers (known as Bdote, or “the place where the two rivers meet”), has been the most sacred site
Located in the serene Block L of Bashundhara, Dhaka, Biral Bari currently houses almost 70 stray cats Robbie was Zeeshan and Mayisha’s first stray.He was the only survivor from a litter of four kittens born to Ishima, a feral cat near Zeeshan Sadeque’s parental home. Mayisha Alamgir took Robbie to their garage, fearing he might
Apple debuts iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro MaxPowered by the A18 Pro chip and built for Apple Intelligence, the Pro lineup introduces larger display sizes, Camera Control, innovative pro camera features, and a huge leap in battery lifeCUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, featuring Apple Intelligence, larger display sizes, new creative capabilities with innovative pro
Thriving for nearly 433 years, Hyderabad is a magical city with remnants from the era of the Nizams When we started our journey from Bangladesh, we did not know much about Hyderabad, except their biryani, the pearls, the Nizam rulers and perhaps the Golconda Fort. But as we started travelling around the city, we began
While aroids are popular houseplants, they are also an important part of many ecosystems in the wild, providing food and habitat for a range of animals, including birds, insects, and primates Aroids are a family of flowering plants that includes over 4,000 species, with many of them grown as houseplants. They are known for their
Mothers of emperor penguin chicks leave them for weeks to hunt for food In May a huge iceberg broke off from an Antarctic ice shelf, drifted, and came to a stop – right in front of “maybe the world’s unluckiest” penguins. Like a door shutting, the iceberg’s huge walls sealed off the Halley Bay colony
The land management project around Loch Katrine is designed to protect the water supply as the climate changes Plans to restore the landscape around one of Scotland’s most famous lochs to help deal with climate change have been approved. More than 4,600 hectares around Loch Katrine is to have native forests, peatland and moorland restored
One family hopes to show people how a return to basic mid 19th-Century life can teach us much about how to care for our environment today. The approach to my accommodation for the night was similar to the ascent into any valley in the Norwegian fjords. Precipitous rocky mountainsides thick with conifer forest increasingly pressed
For centuries meandering rivers have been straightened – but experts say restoring their natural bends and curves can prevent flooding and create healthy habitats for wildlife. Swindale Beck, a stream in Cumbria, in the heart of the UK’s Lake District, meanders through fields, farmland and valleys. However, not long ago, the river took a far
Sri Lanka’s capital is transforming floating garbage patches into biodiverse wetlands which are teeming with life. Pay Dreschel is going for his daily morning walk around Thalangama Wetland, in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. The Sun casts a warm glow over flowering pink water lilies as a farmer scrubs down his water buffalo. A kingfisher hovers
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,
Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico is home to a fragile ecosystem. Plain water is the only thing visitors are allowed to consume inside the huge cavern at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. Cheetos are a no-go, and the recent park visitor who dropped a bag full of them created a “huge
Behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts they live
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