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On the lush, rolling savannas that link northern Tanzania to Amboseli National Park in Kenya, foraging elephants move back and forth on a sloping landscape in the shadow of snow-capped...

The travel industry is in the midst of another hot summer as Americans hit the road and make for the airport to take advantage of slightly cheaper flights and gas....

Nobody said it was easy being a rock star. Actually, people do say that, perhaps most unforgettably Dire Straits in their 1985 hit “Money for Nothing.” But musicians have become...

If you’re looking to freshen up your food habits, summer is the season to do it. Farmers’ markets are overflowing. Backyard grills are firing. Picnic blankets are unfurling. And school...

“Explore what’s in bloom now,” exclaims a banner on the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill’s website. And, indeed, there is much to see. The dramatic property in Boylston,...

Among fans of canceled animated film projects — and yes, there is such a fandom, and it’s enormous — “Me and My Shadow” is perhaps the most popular cartoon feature...

In 1603, the newly christened King’s Men acting troupe took up a Christmas residency at Hampton Court Palace. Every night, the company — best known for its master playwright William...

One king has been barricaded in the palace, protected from potential usurpers by hundreds of subjects armed with sticks and machetes. Another king, evicted from the same palace in May,...

City living presupposes closeness. Even when you’re alone in your apartment, dozens of people are likely to be sitting, cooking, napping, fighting or having sex within feet of you, separated...

On a recent clear day, visitors were wandering through the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to gawk at works by Yayoi Kusama and Alexander Calder, and, a few blocks...