It is International Women?s Day. A friend of mine blogged a beautiful story at the encouragement other women who believe in the power of story.   She, in her reflection, celebrates the Girl She Is and The Girl She Once Was.…

Let?s have a show of hands. Who?s heard of Cecil the Lion? And if you could, would you ban trophy hunting in Africa?

Oxford graduate zoologist Dr Joanna Bagniewska, a teaching fellow at the School of Biological Sciences …

In Cambridge, New York, a trail cam photo caused a buzz around town. It wasn?t a mystery animal, it was a young girl marching defiantly. The camera was set up by new landowners who wished to use the area for …

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News of the world

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USA (MNN) ? Islamic State is taking lives in the most barbaric ways. Beheading Christians, burning people alive, selling the organs of those they capture, and selling young girls to the highest bidder. Why are they doing this? It?s not …

Just before the start of the important summer season, Bulgarian authorities have begun pulling down illegal businesses in Slanchev Briag, at the Black Sea coast. The resort is also referred to as ?Sunny Beach? or ?Sonnenstrand?, in German.…

It?s big, blubbery and looks like a whale. But let?s all panic and call it ?mysterious? and a ?monster?, shall we?

At first, the mass that washed up on the Indonesian island of Seram in Maluku was called a ?giant …