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David Todd and Caroline Hodge outside court. Image Credit: Champion News David Todd and Caroline Hodge bought their £1.2 million home in East Sussex with a countryside setting and a secure fence that was important because they owned two Labradors. Years later, however, that same fence became the centre of a dispute with their new…
New Zealand’s long-running effort to restore seabird colonies on Mana Island is showing signs of success decades after the first chicks were moved there. Between 1997 and 2021, conservation teams transferred 1,152 chicks from four petrel species to the island, where they were hand-fed before being released to sea. At least 992 are thought to…
Image(s): Left/Mike Peel /Right/Charles J. Sharp In 2016, just 25 scimitar-horned oryx were flown from Abu Dhabi to Chad, marking the first time the species had set foot in the wild since it vanished there in the 1980s. Since then, according to Sahara Conservation and the Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi, 285 oryx have been released…
Image:Left/Père David’s deer (male), with characteristic large preorbital glands, black dorsal stripe and large, spreading hooves (DiverDave)/Right/Père David’s deer (female)(Paul Whippey) The Père David’s deer, or Milu, had disappeared from the wild in China by the early 20th century, making its later return an unusual conservation story. In 1993 and 1994, 64 Milu were transferred…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. (AP Photo) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday backed closer ties between Canada and the European Union, saying the two sides could work together to protect their markets, democracies and sovereignty, hours after US President Donald Trump called the proposal “laughable” and threatened to impose tariffs on Europe.Addressing the…
The dream of staying close to family remains a pipe dream for an Australian couple. In 2024, Caitlin Holme and Chris Robinson bought into a sprawling 1,840-square-metre block in Bulli, hoping to build a second modular home. Ms Holme’s sister already occupied one on the rear of the property. Their plan was simple: two families,…
Pic credit: Facebook/ Bower Estate Remember the scene from the Twilight saga, where Edward and Bella exchange vows in a clearing surrounded by wisteria and candlelight, the whole thing bathed in soft woodland light? Though fantasy, the scene stayed with enough people that forest weddings have become shorthand for intimate, magical, just-us-against-the-world celebrations. What if…
Fathom will now compile its evidence and submit the claim to Guinness World Records. (Photo: Instagram/Fathom) Sydney dream pop duo Fathom recently attempted a Guinness World Records title by performing nine shows in just 12 hours across New South Wales and Canberra. For this, vocalist Cate Guirguis and keyboardist Jaxon Italiano travelled from Singleton to…
Small robots and drones have come far from their original aims of creation. From hospitality service to spiritual guidance and even disaster response, they are being deployed in numerous fields. Recently, numerous locations across the world have suffered through major disasters, including earthquakes, and victims are still being searched for in rescue operations that have…
AI representation/ChatGPT What if falling asleep could win you a cash prize? In Japan, a new competition is putting an unusual skill to the test: sleeping. Contestants will take part in a 90-minute sleep competition, with a top prize of ¥2.22 million, or around ₹13 lakh. The unusual event is attracting attention for turning something…
