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In July, the southern German city of Ulm transforms its river into a dramatic stage where costumed jousters in boats vie for ...
In a mid-sized lake of Switzerland, a “robust” creature with “slim” bumpy lips swam through the shallow water, or it tried to, at least. But something zapped it and caused it to float to the surface.
Biologist Mike Ross, balanced in a canoe beneath a star-filled sky in central Zambia, slaps the water with a net attached to ...
On a floodplain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a shrinking pond, doomed to eventually dry up. Inside its murky waters swam a scaly blue creature with “large” yellow eyes. Something about ...
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Willows can stop a river flooding a farm. Or they can turn a river dark and mean. Trying to control them, we’re realising, ...
With all-season departures, curated city extensions, and a truly all-inclusive approach, Scenic has mastered the art of the ...
In July, the southern German city of Ulm transforms its river into a dramatic stage where costumed jousters in boats vie for ...
Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...
With the summer season in full swing, revealed below as the 10 easiest Schengen countries to get a visa for this summer.
It turns out the name Budapest is a compilation of previously separate settlements either side of the Danube — Obuda, Buda ...
Synodus autumnus, or the autumn lizardfish (Iroha-eso in Japanese), derives its name from its warm-toned coloration, reminiscent of the time when leaves turn orange, yellow and red in the fall, also ...