Horse racing is one of the oldest sports in the world and, over the course of centuries, the fundamental concept of the sport has stayed much the same. But that consistency doesn’t mean...
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Here we go. You know what to expect: a batch of good times from Mother Russia. Without mucking about, here we are… First up, an incredible cafe on the border of Georgia and...
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For more than 50,000 years, people have kept and raced horses in many countries around the globe. There’s even evidence that horses were used in sport as far back as the Egyptian period....
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In the 1990s, an anthropologist published a list of “human universals” — traits, behaviors, and the like, that all humans share. It is a fascinating glimpse into the human condition. Image credit These...
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I am an amateur photographer; I am so amateur, in fact, that the only camera I own is attached to my phone. I’m also a huge fan of the sky. These two things...
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Lake Baikal in Russia is huge. In fact, as far as volume is concerned, it’s the biggest lake in the world. It holds 20 percent of all the unfrozen fresh surface water on...
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Brazil, the largest country in South America and the 4th largest democracy in the world, is a melting pot in the truest of senses. The giant country boasts one of the most genetically...
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Unicorns, of course, are pure myth… or are they? Siberian cultures have long spoken of a huge beast with a single horn. The horn of which, so the stories go, could fill a...
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Standing proud at almost 1 metre tall, the maned fox cuts an impressive figure. In this article, we explain why it has long legs, where it lives, what it eats… and what it...
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The hornbills are an odd-looking family of birds, and the helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) is arguably the black sheep of the family. Here, we unfurl its tragic tale. With its incredible head adornment...
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