In 1923, wardens began protecting a 35-acre Texas island where the state’s last reddish egrets survived; one family lived there full time in a two-room hut, and today it holds the world’s largest nesting colony

Welcome to the Island Where Egrets Rule A century after wildlife wardens began protecting a small island in Texas, the 35-acre site has become the world’s largest nesting colony for Reddish Egrets. Green Island sits in the Laguna Madre, a coastal lagoon in southern Texas. In 1923, Audubon Texas signed its first sanctuary lease with […]

UAE: Dubai Police to unveil AI patrol cars, Smart Stations at the World’s Largest Tech Show, GITEX 2025 | World News

Dubai Police’s AI-driven patrols, automated smart stations, and tech innovations showcased at GITEX Global 2025. Dubai Police are taking technology to the next level at GITEX Global 2025, the world’s largest tech and AI exhibition. From autonomous AI patrols to fully automated Smart Police Stations, visitors can see firsthand how Dubai is shaping the future […]

One of the world’s largest T. rex skeletons is heading to auction with a price tag of up to $30 million, and the 67-million-year-old giant could become the next record-breaking dinosaur fossil sale

“Gus” the T. rex—discovered on a cattle ranch in South Dakota—goes up for auction this summer, July 14, 2026. (Credit: Matthew Sherman / Sotheby’s) Owning one of the world’s largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons could soon become a reality. But there is a huge “if” factor to it. The buyer must having and willing to spend […]

Drug smugglers Baltej Singh and Himatjit Kahlon lose final bid to overturn jail terms in NZ’s largest meth importation case

Two men behind New Zealand’s largest-ever methamphetamine importation operation have failed in their final attempt to overturn prison sentences of more than 20 years, after the country’s supreme court dismissed their applications for leave to appeal.Baltej Singh and Himatjit Singh Kahlon were convicted over an international drug trafficking network that imported up to 741kg of […]

Switzerland is building the world’s largest underground battery that could power 210,000 homes for a day | World News

Something unusual is happening deep beneath Switzerland, and it is not getting much attention outside energy circles yet. Engineers are building what could become one of the world’s largest underground energy storage systems, designed to store renewable electricity on a massive scale and release it when the grid is under pressure.Early reports suggest the system […]

10 largest island countries in the world: Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea among the biggest island nations | World News

Standing back from a world map, the outline of land against water starts to look less tidy than it first appears. Some countries are stretched across hundreds or even thousands of fragments, scattered like broken glass across vast stretches of ocean. Others sit almost entirely on a single mass of rock but still qualify as […]

The Forbidden City: Inside China’s largest imperial palace complex, a hidden empire within a city for 500 years | World News

At the centre of Beijing sits a place that once functioned as a city within a city. From above, the Forbidden City appears orderly and measured, enclosed by walls and surrounded by water. On the ground, however, it reveals something more complicated: a carefully managed world designed to organise power, family life, ritual, and government […]

Why Australia became home to one of the world’s largest lizard populations | World News

Australia does not simply have a large number of lizards. In many regions, they dominate the landscape almost quietly, moving through scrub, rocks, and dry grass in numbers that become obvious only after spending time there. The continent has an unusually high concentration of reptile species, particularly skinks, compared with much of the world. Scientists […]

The ‘ghost lake’ returns: California’s largest lost water body resurfaces after 130 years | World News

Tulare Lake has made a surprising comeback, once known as Pa’ashi by the Tachi Yokut tribe. This rare event shows how a long-gone terminal lake can reclaim its original basin. It used to be the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi until it was drained in the late 1800s for farming purposes. In 2023, […]

Thailand Road Accidents: ‘World’s largest water fight’: 191 killed in 3 days of Thailand’s Songkran festival | World News

At least 191 people were killed in road accidents in Thailand in the first three days of the country’s annual Songkran festival, widely known as the “world’s largest water fight”, marking a grim start to the celebrations this year.According to the New York Post, the Thai New Year festival, typically marked by week-long water festivities […]