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Villages are long time ago abandoned from people , but life on village has many advantages in relation to life in city, and beauty of the village could never disappear.
More and more people are slowly returns to the villages and enjoy its beauty, those people who have no house on village are decided to...
Devoid of lush foliage and standing naked in the winter chill, you might expect our garden plants to feel sorry for themselves at this time of year.
On the contrary, look a little closer and you’ll see all the signs of contented life: sturdy bark, strengthened stems, tinted shoots and flamboyant...
Stone sculpture is the result of forming 3-dimensional visually interesting objects from stone.
Carving stone into sculpture is an activity older than civilization itself. Prehistoric sculptures were usually human forms, such as the Venus of Willendorf and the faceless statues of the Cycladic cultures of...
A Government climate change advert featuring drowning puppies and crying rabbits will be investigated by the advertising watchdog after receiving hundreds of complaints from the public.
The advert begins with a father reading a bedtime story to his daughter which turns into a frightening account...
The number of tourists visiting Antarctica could be restricted under British plans, amid fears that the increase in cruise ships in the area threatens to cause irreparable damage to the continent’s pristine environment.
Holiday trips to the Antarctica have quadrupled in the past decade and last year...
A volcanic eruption nearly obliterated all life on earth 260 million years ago, new research has revealed.
The blast was on a scale that has never been seen by humans and happened even before dinosaurs came along when Earth teemed with creatures which are now extinct.
Lava and ash spewed up from beneath a...
The government of Madagascar has been accused by conservation groups of allowing the illegal trade in precious wood to flourish.
Environmental campaigners claim that an executive decree issued last month legalising the export of raw hardwood, including rosewood and ebony, has given free rein to...
On a canoe safari along the Zambezi River, Graham Boynton was simply awestruck by an eyeball-to-eyeball encounter with the biggest of the big five.
You know you are on a serious African safari when, on your first morning – before you have actually set out – your fellow travellers sit around sipping...
Laura Smith is a runner-up in the cruises category of our Year of Discovery writing competition for this account of the wildlife on a river cruise in Peru.
We woke early the to the sounds of the jungle orchestra warming up for a day of activity. The first twitters of waking birds soon crescendoed...
A new species of giant spider so big it can eat birds and bats tangled in its four-feet wide web has been discovered by scientists.
The giant arachnid, found in Madagascar and Africa, grows to more than four inches in diameter and is officially the world’s biggest web spinning spider.
Named...
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Rural tourism as a job in future
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Barking up the right tree: Look a little closer and you’ll see your winter garden is ablaze with colour
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Natural Stone Sculptures
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10 26th, 2009 |
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Climate change ad showing drowning puppies to be investigated after 300 complaints
Plans to limit tourism in Antarctic
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Mass volcanic eruption nearly ended life on earth
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10 25th, 2009 |
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Madagascar’s forests under threat from illegal timber trade
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Zambezi River canoe trip: Up close and personal
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10 25th, 2009 |
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Year of Discovery competition: wake-up call from the Amazon morning chorus
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10 25th, 2009 |
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The Worlds largest web spinning spider discovered
