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Aleksey Grachev, head of the theriology laboratory of the Institute of Zoology, is one of the most famous specialists studying the snow leopard in Kazakhstan. He runs the Snow Leopard Monitoring Centre that collects and analyses information about this rarest of predators from all over Kazakhstan, and makes recommendations for its protection.Aleksey is not the only scientist in his family who specializes in wildlife studies and protection – Aleksey's father and great-uncle are also zoologists. From early childhood Aleksey accompanied his father, Alexander V. Grachev, on scientific expeditions that were dedicated to studies of the saiga, another Red Book animal and a symbol of Kazakhstan.

Iraq and Singapore are separated by a swathe of continent, generation, history and situation which are as different as can be. But fellas here are as particular about sculpting their hair into impressive constructions as the fellas there. Any older man is an uncle (although an older woman in Iraq is not necessarily an aunty). The fullness of a woman’s hair, an equal obsession (don’t even start with the horror that greets unusual hair fall), as is the fairness of her skin. We are more alike than we know.

Counter-intuitive wisdom from my Dad.

The thing you need to know, child, is that trees do speak, they do tell tales, they sing when the've a mind to, they are gigglers, gossips, grumblers, cataloguing every ache and pain, and yet they hold no grudges, claim...

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With his black leather nose and beautiful eyes, Oscar reminded me of the puppies that often appeared on boxes of chocolates in England in the early 1980s. Editor’s note: If you ever meet me a…

Who needs candy and costumes? We celebrated Halloween with a hike in the desert where we found signs of life and death to help us contemplate the holiday. Since we’ve been enjoying a mild, ex…

“I have seen the sea when it is storm and wild; when it is quiet and serene when it is dark and moody. And in all these moods, I see myself.” – Martin Buxbaum There is something magical about water…