The Cool Down on MSN

Experts stunned by remarkable recovery of rare species: 'This work is testament'

The dingy skipper butterfly is thriving in England, thanks to the conservation efforts of rangers and volunteers at Cannock Chase Country Park.

My favorite vacation spot is an island city in Florida. I love it so much that I hope to move there once I'm an empty nester.

My husband and I love our trips to Key West so much that we hope to move to the Florida island city after we retire and our ...
Yahoo Malaysia

Museum Tanahsahi: Ipoh’s hidden butterfly museum sparks revival in a forgotten Perak town

Picture courtesy of the Natural History Museum, London, UK “He had no internet back then, so he referred to books — what we called the ‘insect bible’. However, he could not find what species was the ...
The Monterey County Herald on MSN

New butterfly website hopes to inform, inspire

The Monterey Regional Monarch Alliance’s new website, MRMAlliance.org, is a one-stop shop for finding volunteer opportunities ...
The Island

Donald Stadtner’s Sacred Sites of Sri Lanka

By Uditha Devapriya Review of Sacred Sites of Sri Lanka by Donald Stadtner (River Books Thailand, Sailfish Publications Sri ...
The Island

Memories : An assassination, mob violence, funerals and wreaths

At 9.30 in the morning on October 31, 1984, I left the Sri Lanka High Commission at Kautilya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, where I was Second Secretary as I had an appointment at 10 o’clock with Mr ...