People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans arent the only ...

Many animals lived in these trees, including monkeys. They would play, fight and eat on the branches every day and, as a result, leaves from the trees would regularly fall into the water. The trees ...

Vaikundam Vishnu s abode and experience God s Own Country writes NARAYANI GANESHHe had such long legs and toes and he was walking effortlessly on the waters of Vembanad Lake trotting between thousands ...

A few weeks ago a reader suggested I write about beech leaf disease, but I said it wasn’t that big a deal. Then I went for a ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, as well as Rocky Vista University (U.S.), show that ...

Gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh has revealed the five shrubs that every garden should have, as they provide form, colour and ...

Researchers show that even large silverback gorillas spend a substantial amount of time in trees Bwindi mountain gorillas in ...

After the smoke clears, the soil, which was once nestled beneath a canopy of trees and a spongy layer of leaves, is now exposed. Often, that soil is charred and sterile, with the heat making the ...

The boarding school had a science teacher who everyone feared. He was thickset and short, his nose was hooked like an eagle’s ...

The star attraction, of course, is the 35-foot waterfall that cascades over ancient limestone cliffs, creating a scene that feels more like something you’d find in Oregon than Ohio. The falls are fed ...

It turns out it is very easy to damage Japanese maple trees in late June, but you can help keep them watered if you have one ...