The other day I was groping blearily into my holiday washbag in search of the toothpaste, when I managed to slice the top of my finger, salami-style, on one of my ancient rusty Bic razors. I raged. I ...

Sammy, a male elephant seal, has returned to the south-west Victorian town of Portland, where he frequents a canal and beaches. Sammy is mostly regarded with awe, but there have been reports of people ...

ROURKELA: A female elephant was critically injured after hit by a speeding train between Sagra and Sonakhan of the Rourkela Forest Division (RFD) in Sundargarh district, about 40 km from Rourkela, on ...

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