It’s a three-person job to land a 2-metre shark: two to wrap ropes around its thrashing tail and midriff, a third to clamp shut its powerful jaws. Hanging over the side of the Sea Quest fishing skiff, the crew work quickly to minimise any distress to the anima... More »
The US Southwest is bracing for a dangerous heat wave, with millions of people under a heat advisory. Triple-digit temperatures are expected across Texas, Arizona, Nevada, and California starting Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The heatwave... More »
My grandmother had a small orchard in her garden in Johannesburg. It was a few plum and peach trees, and very shady. The leaves of the plum trees were purpley-green, almost black, and the ground was covered with the pits of decayed peaches, so that when I ran ... More »
Benjamin CassidyWhen the U.S. whaling industry was at its peak in the middle of the 19th century, crews relied heavily on the wind. Oil derived from captured whales helped power the machinery of t... More »
One of my favourite theories about pet behaviour is that cats see their human owners as fellow cats – just very large, hairless, uncoordinated cats. It’s why, or so the lore goes, our pet cats treat us like friendly felines, sometimes licking or rubbing agains... More »
Soon after Anita Cajas and Vinicio Bacuilima started farming their little patch of land, they faced a major problem. In Anita’s words, they soon attracted “a plague of birds”, which feasted on their precious crops.Then, during the Covid-19 pandemic, a man stop... More »
Boeing’s first spacecraft to carry a human crew is set to launch on Saturday. If all goes as planned, the mission will bring astronauts to the International Space Station and prove to NASA that Boeing can be a reliable transportation partner. It’s been a long ... More »
Whether it is the fountain of youth or the elixir of life, men have travelled the world looking for the key to increasing their longevity.They should be looking a bit closer to home, according to one leading researcher – although after they do, they might end ... More »
Australia has often been called the “allergy capital of the world”.An estimated one in 10 Australian children develop a food allergy in their first 12 months of life. Research has previously suggested food allergies are more common in infants in Australia than... More »
Thousands of patients in England are to be fast-tracked into groundbreaking trials of personalised cancer vaccines in a revolutionary world-first NHS “matchmaking” scheme to save lives.The gamechanging jabs, which aim to provide a permanent cure, are custom-bu... More »
It’s Delaney Mack’s first time pulling crab traps and she is unsure what to do. Mack, the newest member of the Nuxalk Guardian Watchmen, has had months of training for the multifaceted job, which might on any given day include rescuing a kayaker, taking ocean ... More »
Acorns cover the forest floor. Arterra / Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesA mighty oak covers the ground in piles of acorns. Squirrels gather them up, growing fat on the rich bounty and storing more of the seeds away ... More »