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Thousands of bats flood a blue and orange sky (Credit: Chris Meyer)

The world's largest mammal migration is in Zambia

Every year, millions of straw-coloured fruit bats descend on Zambia's little-known Kasanka National Park, creating one of Africa's most extraordinary wildlife spectacles.

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A black-and-white portrait of Lord Lucan and his wife in 20th-Century aristocratic clothing (Credit: Getty Images)

The aristocrat who vanished after killing a nanny

Lord Lucan was found guilty of killing Sandra Rivett on 19 June 1975 – but by then he had already disappeared. His wife was interviewed by the BBC in 1980.

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A woman in an orange sports top with a water bottle in each hand performing a shoulder press (Credit: Getty Images)

We all need to get stronger. Here's how

All exercise helps you live longer, but strength training helps you live better – here's how you can get stronger.

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A woman wearing black-framed glasses peers over an orange menu in a café (Credit: Laura Hall)

What Meta's AI glasses get wrong for travellers

Wearable AI can help travellers navigate cities, translate menus and fundamentally transform travel. But a weekend in Paris showed me the trade-offs behind the convenience.

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A black-and-white photo of a dwarf minke whale, pictured against a black ocean. The whale is slightly tilted, showing its belly and one eye which looks directly to the camera (Credit: Marcia Riederer/ Ocean Photographer of the Year)

'The moment I made eye contact with a whale'

In a series of striking photographs, Marcia Riederer captures the elegance and curiosity of the elusive dwarf minke whale.

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Carol Ruckdeschel wears a hat and sits at a bench Credit: Alexandra Marvar)

The 'wild' 84-year-old living on a remote island

Once called the "wildest woman in America", this fearless knife-wielding naturalist has lived off the land for 53 years, fighting to preserve Cumberland Island for future travellers.

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Cut-out collage of three beige skeletons with brains and hearts against a green background; orange and yellow stars covering their genitalia (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC)

Why the penis is a barometer of men's health

Erectile dysfunction can be an early warning of heart attack, stroke, diabetes and dementia.

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David Hockney's A Big Splash which captures a split-second moment of exploding pool water and clean summer light (Credit: Tate)

Why A Bigger Splash is David Hockney's masterpiece

In the wake of legendary British artist David Hockney's death, aged 88, his famous meditation on presence and absence, A Bigger Splash, takes on a new meaning.

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Colourful yellow-faced wooden log houses of Vlkolínec, Slovakia (Credit: Getty Images)

The sites fighting to be removed from Unesco

It recognises places of "outstanding universal value" and can catapult lesser-known sites to global fame. So why are some places pleading to be removed from the list?

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