Experts are worried about the endangered raptors that might be pesticide-bombed as farmers in Kenya try to fight off the horde of 6 million red-billed quelea birds that feasted on their rice fields. See the full details here:
[ laughter ] not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it s a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province. tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them have left their mark on the food. andy: here s the local hooch. lao khao. anthony: and if you re eating here, chances are you re also drinking. andy: ugh. compared to the, uh, the stuff we had this morning, this is substantially more harsh, i
Africa’s literary greats come together at a festival that refocuses African writing to rememory, memorialisation and remembering histories, and curating futures.
world s last great wildernesses. it stretches for a thousands miles, all the way down to the southern-most tip of south america. towering above the region are the an desandes, dividing chile argentina. we re headed on an epic journey up through patagonia s wild highlands. from its foothills to its volcanic plateaus, all the way up to its high ice fields. our journey begins on the grasslands of the patagonian step. sat 1,500 feet. here, one predator reigns supreme.
here among the peaks of the high andes, great rivers of ice are born. this is the southern patagonian ice field. 220 miles long and an astounding 5,000 feet deep. patagonia s ice fields cover more than 6,500 square miles and are the third largest expanse of fresh water ice on the planet. temperatures can drop below minus 10 degrees fahrenheit.