Winkie, the elephant that killed a handler and injured another, will not be euthanized, The Elephant Sanctuary indicated in a statement posted on its Web site.Comment

At the beginning of the 19th century, two men an Englishman and an Italian set out to enable blind persons to write with the help of a machine....

Because the waters of the Drake Passage have been unusually calm, we headed over to Elephant Island, named by the early explorers for the abundance of Elephant seals found here. It was on this island that Ernest Shackleton organized his mission to rescue his men that he left behind after The Endurance got caught in frozen ice less than a century ago. Because of the historic significance of where we were headed, it was fitting then, that our first lecture this morning was about the motley crew that joined Shackleton.

Daily Mail - UK, UK -... keeping older men fit is Dr Michael Perrin of the Optimal Health Clinic in London ... you know how many published double-blind trials there were on Viagra before it ...::

A small movie of The sultans elephant & the little giantess in Calais, showing how the little giantess and the elephant walk. Photos - October 19 2006

Women's rights activists in Egypt have criticised the country's authorities for tacitly accepting the sexual harassment of women. An incident on 24 October when a mob of men openly molested women in Cairo and were not stopped or arrested has brought the issue to the fore.

An elephant's heart rate -- at rest, not on the treadmill Q. What is the average heart rate for a person, an ant and an elephant -- Bill Withrow, Harrisburg