Telling Tall Tales is a fortnightly column by Tara Krishnaswamy on matters that matter. Chew on this. The five southern ...

Dwarf elephant tooth (L) next to one of normal size (R). The small tooth was discovered by Dorothea Bate around 1901. We are studying the effect of dramatic environmental changes over the last 800,000 ...

So what is it that makes bonsai so expensive? Bonsai is the art of dwarfing a regular tree to create a perfect miniature representation of nature in a small pot. It has a long history. Originating ...