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A hippo in water.

Outdoors

Video captures massive hippo charging tour boat in Botswana

An elephant gazing closely into a camera.

Outdoors

Camera captures rare eye contact with wild elephant at Kenya reserve

A lion stands at the base of a tree and another lion perches on a branch above.

Outdoors

Lion climbs a tree above tourists in a rare South African safari sighting

A coastal scene featuring white buildings along the shore under a twilight sky, with a church in the background.

Business

Paros, Greece, erupts over a 46-pool luxury hotel project as overtourism strains water supply

Four whales just under the surface of the water.

Outdoors

Off Australia's west coast, drone footage captures striking whales below the surface

Two examples of shaded walkways in Singapore.

Tech

In Singapore, shaded walks and air-conditioned transit make 100-degree heat surprisingly easy

A large herd of wildebeest grazes in a grassy landscape with a solitary tree in the background.

Outdoors

1 million wildebeest arrive after ancient trek to Kenya's Maasai Mara

A herd of elephants walks across a road near trees and bushes.

Outdoors

Orphaned elephants create gentle 'traffic jam' as they cross a road

A cobra.

Outdoors

Thailand hotel guest bolts awake screaming as partner spots cobra by the bed

A woman speaks in front of a background with animal enclosures and two tiger cubs resting in straw.

Outdoors

UK safari park celebrates endangered Amur tiger twins as a rare boost for conservation

A chef retrieving an item from a drone.

Tech

In France, electric drones will ferry phone chargers and caviar to superyachts at anchor in 15 minutes

A hammerhead shark near a school of fish.

Tech

Off Ecuador's Galápagos, a hammerhead bolts the second it senses orcas