When Chris and Vicki Agar bought three pregnant alpacas in 2000 they had no idea that…
Month: April 2021
Below the surface: reports of rising shark attacks don’t tell the whole story
Call it pessimism or a remarkable sixth sense, but Chantelle Doyle always had a feeling that…
Underwater cables: where the ocean meets the internet – in pictures
Sewell’s photographs are taken on either side of the Atlantic in places where the internet is…
Grovelling apologies fail to get Rio Tinto out of a hole
As acts of corporate vandalism go, Rio Tinto’s obliteration of a sacred site in Western Australia…
Suspect in Capitol attack suffered delusions, source says
Authorities tow a car after a man rammed it into a barricade on Capitol Hill in…
Endangered North Atlantic right whales produce most calves since 2015
North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than scientists have seen…
The dirty secret of so-called ‘fossil-fuel free’ buildings
Hanging plants smother the walls of a new office block proposed for Salford, giving it the…
Schumer: Senate will act on marijuana legalization with or without Biden
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference following the Senate policy luncheon on…
Tor de force: how to enjoy the brooding beauty of Dartmoor Devon
It took our writer seven years to grasp the subtle drama of south Devon’s national park.…
The hottest literary travel destinations (to visit when lockdown ends)
From George Orwell’s Isle of Jura to Willa Cather’s Nebraskan frontier … with travel restricted to…