Elephants call each other by name

THE BLACK-CAPPED chickadee is wonderfully onomatopoeic. When the diminutive songbird, which is Canada’s answer to the great tit, spots a great-horned owl perched in a tree, it broadcasts a shrill ‘chi

In Sydney, Australia, sulfur-crested cockatoos have a reputation for raiding skips and bins and being able to figure out a way past almost any lock people might use to try and keep them out. Now, they

AUGUST has thrown up a number of stories ...

THE BEAUTY WITH snorkelling or diving is that it transports you away from the rat race of modern life into an alien world, far detached from our own. With that first dip beneath the surface, the stres

You would be hard pressed to pick Billie the whippet-poodle out in a crowd of his canine contemporaries. Like many young dogs, he is full of beans and capable of melting hearts even when up to mischie

SRI LANKA IS A COUNTRY OF RICH heritage, having been influenced by both Indian and Buddhist traditions for more than 3,000 years. Renowned for its monasteries and temples, this island nation boasts a