The colossal mammal is being ruthlessly slaughtered to extinction by ivory poachers with the population – currently 600,000 – diminishing by 38,000 a year. These figures, calculated using the annual number of illegal tusk seizures, significantly exceed elephant birth rates meaning...

Phyllis Abbott, 79, spotted the first unusual shoots in her border flowerbed in spring, which has now grown into a five foot tall Datura Stramonium. It is used by South American Indians to poison their hunting spears, arrows and fishing hooks and in sacred ceremonies by Hindu monks for its hallucinogenic...

These photos are spectacularly beautiful. These are like images taken in paradise. Very very interesting and fun to travel through… Wudnt mind walking along those roads any given day … Which of these beautiful roads would you like to walk?

Aquascaping styles Dutch style aquascapes The Dutch aquarium follows an orderly, often symmetrical arrangement, in which multiple types of plants having diverse leaf colors, sizes and textures are displayed much as terrestrial plants are shown in a flower garden. This style was developed in the Netherlands...

A series of beautiful autumn pictures which provides a great sense of peace and tranquility. Loads of nice colors and very good perspective to capture the tranquility of this place.

Great photos of incredibly secluded houses which sets deep remotely into places where there doesn’t seem to have any ease of communications and transport. Unsure whether anyone dwells in these houses but they do seem great to live where we could get away from the pollution of city life.

Andrew Marr is the owner, by his own admission, of a very large carbon footprint. “My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire,” he says. “I’m rubbish. I fly a lot for work.” He’s never been so busy, this former political editor of the BBC. There is his new...

An experimental treatment that suppresses the immune system to put multiple sclerosis into remission completely reversed the disease in mice, Canadian scientists say. In MS, the immune system attacks the central nervous system. The new treatment, called GIFT15, is composed of two proteins, GSM-CSF and...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world’s largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus devastating their dwindling habitat. The dense forest of this tiny British Caribbean territory is the last remaining stronghold of the critically...

SALT LAKE CITY – A tiny mammal that can’t handle warm weather could become the first animal in the lower 48 states to get Endangered Species Act protection primarily because of climate change. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, responding to a petition from environmentalists, said Wednesday that...