Blistering hot, freezing cold, bone dry, or simply poisonous – the world’s most adaptable animals inhabit a range of unexpected locales. While humans are relatively adept at changing the…
Ice cream often evokes memories of slurping cones on the beach in summer, or for some, melted messes not eaten soon enough. Mixed into milkshakes, eaten in a ‘sandwich’ or served in a…
An abundance of weird and wild creatures of kinds that we could never dream up occupy our oceans, forests, deserts and islands. Sea creatures straight from horror films and children’s…
When a festival beckons — offering a legitimate and fabulous excuse to dress up, relive old times, stand in amazement, pay homage to ancestry, be a little daring and outlandish or simply…
If we assign our homes by the places we spend the most time, what does this mean for those who are constantly on the move? The nomadic Bakarwal Gujjar people give new meaning to the idea of…
It is our final dream — to drift away, towards the end of our lives, into the sunshine or solitude of retirement. Now, more than ever before, we are choosing to hang up our boots in…
Dia de los Muertos, also known as Day of the Dead, is a festival that dates back 3,000 years. It has Indigenous Aztec roots and pays homage to the passage of the soul to a new life.