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17 years after closing, a public loo on Oxford’s St Giles has reopened as a set of two richly decorated hotel suites ...

This is just one of the grisly examples given in The Atlas Of Deadly Plants, a tome of toxic tales by expert gardener, podcaster and author Jane Perrone, from medieval scammers peddling white bryony ...

Kent families are heading somewhere cosy and green this weekend, where autumn colours, gentle paths and hot breakfasts meet. On the A264 in Tunbridge ...

We live in an era of massive fantasy franchises, but there are plenty of other worthy stories in the genre. Here are 10 fantasy films that deserve a second life ...

For immersion into Japanese culture, the rural town of Takayama offers authenticity without the crowds of larger cities.

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Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth's climate during the last ice age—by 'breathing' less ...

A 700-year-old forest lies within sight of North America's busiest highway, according to one biologist. Surprisingly, many ...

In the Indian Ocean, the Yemeni island of Socotra is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. More than a third of the plant species on the island don’t exist anywhere else on the planet. That ...

New research shows that baobab tree flowers have adapted to meet the needs of either bats or moths, and without these ...