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Kashmir's saffron growers experiment with indoor farming as climate pressures mount

Tucked in a valley beneath the snow-capped Himalayas of the Indian Kashmir region is the town of Pampore, famed for its farms that grow the world's most expensive spice - the red-hued saffron.This is where most of...

Kashmiri farmer and saffron producer Ghulam Mohammad Mir and his family pick saffron stigmas from the flowers at his residence in Kashmir's Pampore October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali

On the Right Track to Managing Stray Animals in Oman

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LA’s Getty Center’s art safeguarded as Palisades fire rages

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When They Hear Plants Crying, Moths Make a Decision

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Small Uruguayan town seeks place on international art map

Aerial view of the abandoned train station at the Garzon town during the preparations for CAMPO Artfest in Garzَn, Maldonado, Uruguay, taken on December 26, 2024. CAMPO Artfest 2024 will be taking place in a small town in the Uruguayan countryside on December 28 and explores the broad topic of migration—the physical movement from one region or habitat to another. In its general reference, the theme interrogates issues of home, belonging, community, and identity. (Photo by Santiago MAZZAROVICH / AFP)

South Africa's colourful minstrel carnival draws thousands

Kaapse Klopse minstrels dance as their troupe moves forward during the annual Kaapse Klopse parade, also known as "Tweede Nuwe Jaar" (second New Year), in Cape Town on January 4, 2025. Thousands of colourfully costumed minstrels paraded through Cape Town Saturday in an exuberant century-old carnival rooted in the South African city's history of slavery that drew large crowds of spectators. In glitzy uniforms matched with flashy hats, parasols and face paint, the marchers walked and danced through the city's historic centre in an annual event that an organiser said had grown to become the biggest such parade on the continent. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)

Jurassic highway: Hundreds of dinosaur footprints found in UK quarry

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The Essences highlight Oman as Muse for Innovative Perfumery

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120 Miles of Russian Forest Couldn’t Keep These Two Tigers Apart

An undated photo provided by ANO WCS shows Amur tigers Boris and Svetlaya, observed by a trail camera in 2018. (ANO WCS via The New York Times)

Killer Whales Hunt and Feast on the Largest Fish on Earth

A killer whale biting the pelvic fin of the whale shark. (James Moskito via The New York Times)

'Amphibious mouse' among 27 new species discovered in Peru's Amazon

A specimen of spiny mouse (Scolomys sp.), a species discovered on a Conservation International Rapid Assessment expedition into the Alto Mayo Landscape in Peru, is pictured, June 16, 2022.

True blue tradition: how Japan's coveted jeans are made

In this picture taken on September 4, 2024, weaving craftsman Shigeru Uchida checks looms for unusual sounds that could signal a breakdown at the Momotaro Jeans factory in the Kojima district of Okayama. Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs. - To go with AFP story Japan-fashion-business-denim, FOCUS by Natuko Fukue (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-fashion-business-denim, FOCUS by Natuko Fukue

For real life? 'Bluey' coming to the big screen

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Pokemon is back with a hit new gaming app

(FILES) People trade Pokemon cards during the first day of the 2019 Pokemon World Championships at the Washington Convention Center August 16, 2019, in Washington, DC. With more than 60 million downloads and nearly 180 million dollars (171 million euros) generated worldwide since the end of October 2024, the mobile game adaptation of Pok駑on cards has enjoyed global success, not far from the records of its predecessor.

Dinosaur Domination Is Marked in a Timeline of Vomit and Feces Fossils

Artistic reconstruction of herbivorous, fern-eating sauropodomorph dinosaurs in the Early Jurassic ecosystem of Soltykow.

These Wolves Like a Little Treat: Flower Nectar

An Ethiopian wolf drinks nectar from a Kniphofia foliosa inflorescence at Bale Mountains National Park, in Rira, Ethiopia. (Adrien Lesaffre via The New York Times)
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