Wildlife

Andy Teasdale's The Spirit of Adventure (left) shows six figures trudging through the snow and Dawn Black's Cathedral Rocks pictures a famous landmark on the Sedona, Arizona skyline … [Read more...] about Nature and wildlife at its most beautiful: Photographs from around the world reveal our planet at its very best

Back in Africa, we head over to Uganda where a reforestation project has restored over 6,000 hectares of forest in what was a degraded part of the Kibale National Park. Now wildlife is flourishing and the communities are cashing in on valuable carbon credits. … [Read more...] about Welcome to the 200th edition of Eco Africa

Gao Fu, director of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, blamed the site for the killer illness, saying: “The origin of the new coronavirus is the wildlife sold illegally in a Wuhan seafood market.” … [Read more...] about Horrifying images inside live animal market feared ‘ground zero’ for Coronavirus

The world's most populous country scrambled to contain the disease that has already infected nearly 1,300 people, building a second field hospital to relieve overwhelmed medical facilities and closing more travel routes as the country marked the Lunar New Year holiday (pictured, residents bulk buy supplies amid the outbreak) … [Read more...] about US warns it can’t evacuate ALL Americans from coronavirus epicenter in Wuhan on rescue flight that won’t arrive for TWO days – as Canada confirms first case and two more are found in Chicago and Washington

ISLANDS Explore the unspoilt private island of Cavallo off Corsica next summer through Simpson Holidays (simpsontravel.com). It's the only inhabited island in the Lavezzi archipelago, just a mile from Bonifacio on the southern tip of Corsica. Car-free and accessible only by boat or helicopter, the island's only hotel is the Hotel and Spa des Pecheurs, which is right on the beach and has its own marina and private pool. Further afield, through Regaldive (regaldive.co.uk), is a unique opportunity to sleep with the fishes in an amazing floating room that is part of the Manta Resort off the whitesand coast of Pemba, Tanzania. The room, anchored in the Indian Ocean, has a top deck for sunbathing and stargazing and a sleeping area that is 12ft below the surface of the water, from where you can watch tropical fish, dolphins and possibly even humpback whales. … [Read more...] about The year ahead? It’s going to be a travel cracker: 2014 is awash with new openings