Old fashioned camel used to create Google’s “Street View” of a desert

October 10, 2014

There’s really no street in the Liwa Desert, about 100 kilometres south of the coast of the Persian Gulf, but it has one heck of…

POV: Golden eagle soars over Mongolian landscape

October 6, 2014

David De Vleeschauwer and Debbie Pappyn are freelance writers and photographers who post their adventures to Classe Touriste. They recently made to the trek to…

Manta Ray traffickers busted in Indonesia, four poachers arrested

October 3, 2014

Indonesia is home to the largest shark fisheries on earth and being so large, it’s not surprising that the trafficking of sharks and rays…

Let’s see Jon Voight take on this anaconda

September 22, 2014

Almost five million people have viewed – and, no doubt been grossed out – by this giant river monster. Its belly is engorged with…

Ale, the oldest eel in Sweden, dies at age 155

September 15, 2014

Åle the eel was a legend in Sweden. The oldest eel in Sweden (al is eel in Swedish) died after living an unprecedented 155…

Bretagne, last surviving search dog at Ground Zero on 9-11 returns to site for anniversary

September 11, 2014

A week after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, golden retriever Bretagne and her handler and owner Denise Corliss arrived at Ground Zero. Their job was…

Cleo the cat survives balcony jump off 17th floor apartment

September 11, 2014

Joel Isfeld turned his back for just a second but it was enough time for his beloved feline Cleo to take a leap off…

Hips don’t lie. Purpose of a whale’s pelvis? It’s all about sex

September 10, 2014

Years ago — actually 40 million years ago –whales and dolphins used their hip and pelvic bones to walk on land. Like humans who…

Eddie, the African turtle found 15,000 km away from home in British Columbia

September 9, 2014

Eddie the turtle was far from home when he was found recently in Burnaby, B.C. The African spurred tortoise is native to the southern…

What’s killing all the fish in a Mexican lake?

September 7, 2014

Lake Cajititlán is in the centre of the country and now at the centre of a mystery that has baffled authorities. Thousands of fish,…