On Sunday June 10th there were cyclonic winds across the whole of the southern part of Western Australia and due to the fact that...

A long list of countries choose to observe Father’s Day on the third Sunday of June, an ideal time to celebrate dads being dads....

So, yes, it was Spain. Specifically, rural northwestern Spain, at various points along the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage route to the supposed...

One day my wildlife rehabilitator friend Marilyn brought me a black shoebox decorated with 6 or 8 quarter-sized holes. Energetically sticking his head out,...

Emotion. Drama. Intrigue. Philosophy. Yes, I’m talking about scientific proposals to ornithological taxonomic authorities. Take, for example, the gem I found in the latest...

Being a beat writer is a great privilege but some weeks you simply have no idea what to write about. The real world is hammering away...

For the last two weekends I’ve chosen one day to wake up around five in the morning. Bleary eyed, I pull on a pair...

Gaining independence in 1990, Namibia is one of Africa’s “newer” nations, although not quite as newborn as South Sudan which has yet to celebrate...