Notes and queriesWildlifePlus: Do humans have a sixth sense? Who washes up in MasterChef? Will the world end with a bang or a whimper?How long do house spiders live? There's one in my bathroom and I need to know when I can stop strip-washing in the downstairs loo.
Several years. They can live for months without food and water, so prepare yourself for a long residency in the downstairs loo. Read More...
Fabio at dawn with his flock in the Belluno Dolomites, north-east ItalyRenowned photographer Bruno Zanzottera and anthropologist Elena Dak spent a year following a shepherding family and their flock across mountainous pastures. Words by Tom Levitt.
Alice and Fabio have been nomadic shepherds for almost 10 years, taking their sheep every year from pastures high in the Dolomites to and from the Po valley, a large expanse of agricultural landscape in northern Italy. Read More...
US elections 2024 Trump wins in Iowa as Republican contest kicks off 2024 presidential race – video Donald Trump won the US’s first election contest of 2024, easily fending off a field of Republicans who failed to gain traction against the former US president. The result for Trump was called quickly, while the battle for second place took much longer, with Ron DeSantis edging out Nikki Haley in an upset. Read More...