IN 1899, Hans Christian Mortensen, a Danish schoolteacher, made little rings from a sheet of aluminium and fitted them to the legs of starlings; bird-ringing had been invented.

ZIMBABWE: Harare resident Alice Mhandara spent a US dollar to take the bus into town to answer the government call to trade in her old Zimbabwe dollars, but she left the bank in disgust when her 90 trillion in old currency wouldn’t even cover the bus ticket home.

The charm of the unpredictable is one of the many delights of gardens in each season Charlie Wilkins reports

THE huge basking shark is the latest creature to be seen moving northwards, another case of wildlife responding to climate changes.