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New York museum unveils ‘Apex’ – an almost complete Stegosaurus

December 6, 2024178 Views

The American Museum of Natural History revealed the identity of its latest resident on Thursday - "Apex," one of the most complete specimens ever discovered of the plant-eating dinosaur Stegosaurus, known for the upright plates on its back and a spiky tail. To excited gasps from an audience of school children, the museum pulled back a beige curtain to reveal the 11-foot (3.4-meter) tall, 20-foot (6-meter) long skeleton of the Jurassic Period dinosaur. A Stegosaurus fossil nicknamed Apex is unveiled to the media at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, U.S., December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton "People are really excited about this fossil because Stegosaurus is an iconic dinosaur," said the museum's dinosaur curator Roger Benson. Stegosaurus walked on...

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Arabian Leopard conservation programme welcomes birth of rare triplets

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December 6, 2024185 Views

A first for KSA, the triplets – two male and one female and a litter of two cubs – male and female – born earlier this summer The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has announced the birth of a rare litter of three Arabian leopard cubs – one male and two female – marking a major milestone in efforts to safeguard the future of this critically endangered subspecies of big cats. The triplets were born at RCU's Arabian Leopard Conservation Breeding Centre this summer. The first time three cubs have been born together in captivity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the youngsters are being closely observed by the centre's expert team who are recording their behaviour and interactions. RCU's Arabian Leopard Conservation Programme welcomes Ward's triplets Carefully obser...

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One Bangkok launches grand holiday celebration with historic debuts, festive spectacle

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December 5, 2024162 Views

One Bangkok, the newest neighbourhood in the heart of the city and a global leisure and lifestyle destination, unveils an extraordinary holiday season featuring the landmark opening of The Ritz-Carlton Bangkok alongside an immersive festival of art, retail, and entertainment experiences that promises to redefine the city's cultural landscape. From November 22, 2024, to January 5, 2025, the Onederous Christmas Celebration transforms the district into a festive wonderland. The centerpiece is a magnificent 28-metre Christmas tree at Pine Pagoda, inspired by Wat Arun Ratchawararam, uniquely blending Thai architectural elements with holiday traditions. Along One Bangkok Boulevard, "Wish Upon a Star" creates a magical pathway with stunning light displays inspired by Thai ...

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National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions completes inaugural round-trip flights to Antarctica

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December 5, 2024125 Views

With nearly 60 years' experience exploring the white continent, Lindblad expeditions proves there's always more to be discovered with historic departure For the first time in its history, National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions has completed its debut round-trip flights between Puerto Natales, Chile, and King George Island in Antarctica. The recognized global leader and pioneer of modern expedition cruising Lindblad Expeditions is also the first and only expedition cruise operator to offer flights in and out of Puerto Natales, the gateway to Patagonia's iconic Torres del Paine National Park. The inaugural flights marked the beginning of the first-ever Antarctica Direct: Fly the Drake Passage expedition and the completion of the first-ever Antarctica Direct: Sail and Fly the D...

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A vital step to showcase Kerala

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December 5, 2024162 Views

Kerala Tourism launches revamped interactive website available in over 20 languages Kerala Tourism has launched its revamped website marking a vital step in bolstering the state’s efforts to meet the global competition in tourism sector by leveraging cutting-edge technology to create a comprehensive digital guide providing information in more than 20 languages. Launching the updated website, www.keralatourism.org here, Tourism Minister PA Mohamed Riyas said the user-friendly and interactive portal will showcase the immense possibilities of Kerala as a tourism destination which will be available in a novel way at the fingertips of tourists from any part of the world. “In tourism sector, Kerala is competing with countries like Sri Lanka, Thailan...

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Travel Lemming reveals its 50 Best Places to travel in 2025

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December 4, 2024213 Views

Also warns against "AI Slop" replacing travel blogs The blog's annual bucket list highlights "recommendations from actual humans," encouraging travelers to "reject AI travel planners" in 2025. Travel Lemming, an online travel guide with 10 million readers, today revealed its list of the 50 best places to travel in 2025. The annual list of places to travel is selected by Travel Lemming's team of dozens of travel bloggers. "Our team of real live human travelers loved visiting these 50 places, and we think you will too," the article explains. This year's list directly challenges the rise of AI travel itinerary tools, warning that Silicon Valley wants to "use AI slop to replace not only travel blogs like ours, but also the thing that makes travel truly great: the human experien...

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As temperatures turn frigid, saunas provide warmth and community

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December 3, 2024123 Views

Ed Kranz set up his mobile sauna next to a frozen beach at Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan, Minnesota, on a bone-chilling Sunday morning during a weekend cold snap. Ed and his wife Colleen own Saunable, “a wood-fired sauna experience on wheels.” After about 8 to 12 minutes of sweating in the Kranz’s 185 degrees Fahrenheit (85 degrees Celsius) sauna, a group moseyed outside into a 15-degrees Fahrenheit (9 degrees Celsius) Minnesota afternoon. They sat around a fire in bathing suits to gradually lower their body temperatures before repeating the process three or four more times. One brave soul submerged himself into a hole in the frozen lake for a post-sauna cold plunge. The group was not alone. As temperatures drop into the teens, Minnesotans are embracing sauna culture for ...

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Hong Kong launches panda sculpture tour

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December 3, 2024168 Views

City hopes the bear craze boosts tourism Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. The 2,500 exhibits were showcased in a launch ceremony of PANDA GO! FEST HK, the city’s largest panda-themed exhibition, at Hong Kong’s airport on Monday. They will be publicly displayed at the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui, a popular shopping district, this weekend before setting their footprint at three other locations this month. One designated spot is Ocean Park, home to the twin cubs, their parents and two other pandas gifted by Beijing this year. The design of six of the sculptures, made of recycled rubber barrels and resins among other ma...

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A Japanese artist finds solace and global fans with intricate leaf-cutting

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December 2, 2024203 Views

A frog holding a taro-leaf umbrella. A parade of frolicking animals. An Ukiyo-e style Mount Fuji. Giant waves. A Japanese artist who goes by the name Lito carves these delicate designs on fallen leaves, giving life back to them. The world of Lito’s delicate art, which he began in 2020 and posts on social media almost daily, has won fans from around the world. The leaf art has also given him solace after earlier struggles with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and a purpose in life — the joy of making people happy with his art. He enjoys working at night. From a pile of leaves treated with a wrinkle-free chemical, he picks one and places it on a cutting board. First, he outlines the design on the leaf with a pen in his right hand. Then he takes a design k...

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Scientists gather to decode puzzle of the world’s rarest whale

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December 2, 2024176 Views

An ‘extraordinary’ study taking place at Dunedin in New Zealand It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode decades of mystery. “I can’t tell you how extraordinary it is,” said a joyful Anton van Helden, senior marine science adviser for New Zealand’s conservation agency, who gave the spade-toothed whale its name to distinguish it from other beaked species. “For me personally, it’s unbelievable.” Van Helden has studied beaked whales for 35 years, but Monday was the first time he has participated in a dissection of the spade-toothed variet...