Rare 1776 copy of US Declaration of Independence discovered in London after 250 years A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, believed to have been lost for more than 250 years, has been discovered at Britain’s National Archives in London, making it the only known example of its kind to survive outside the United…

Eid al-Fitr 2026, expected around 19–20 March depending on the moon sighting, is being observed across parts of the Middle East amid regional conflict, security alerts and humanitarian crises. A festival normally associated with communal prayers, family gatherings and public celebrations has instead unfolded under heightened security, displacement and ongoing violence in several countries.Across the…

For decades, the small island of Aride in the Seychelles was treated less as a wildlife sanctuary and more as a source of income. Its forests were cleared for cultivation, coconut plantations covered parts of the island and its seabirds became a resource that could be harvested. Sooty tern eggs, in particular, were collected in…

Every spring, visitors gathering outside Stockholm’s Royal Palace witness an unusual spectacle as thousands of young fish pour into the city’s waterways through large pipes. At first glance, the event resembles a public celebration, but behind it lies a decades-long conservation programme aimed at protecting one of Sweden’s most important urban ecosystems. The annual release…

Image Credit: AI Generated The idea of sailing endlessly across a seemingly infinite horizon of blue water with no sign of land in sight? No beaches of soft white sand or rocky cliffs and headlands to signal the edge. This is no sailor’s worst nightmare; this is the Sargasso Sea, the only sea in the…