Neece holding cockroach at Green Planet. This is the expensive way to do it.  For the same experience at zero cost, pop the nearest d...

The unthinkable has happened. The old battered dumpsters that used to line our sandy street have disappeared, each one replaced by two s...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I do find this all profoundly depressing. There I am, minding my business looking at a news ...

Wot you lookin' at, fat 'ead? Wadi Wurayah, or Wurrayah or however you want to spell it, has long been a hidden gem in the ...

International Recycling Symbol  (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The United Arab Emirates sits smack bang on the socio-cultural tectonic pl...

Image by Peachland Joe via Flickr It's been a while since Wadi Wurayah has been in the news. In fact, as far back as this tota...

The last few JCBs filling in the final watery holes are all that remain of Sharjah's Old Landfill. The enormous site has taken years t...

Image via Wikipedia You've got to hand it to whale shark Sammy , the girl's a survivor. When we all thought she'd popped her clo...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife I have seen the climate changing here in the UAE and the effects of climate change since I first came he...

Three things caught my eye yesterday and today and I thought I'd share them. Do bear in mind they come from someone that doesn't wea...

Gulf News is like a pit-bull on strychnine with this Sammy The Shark story: they've got their jaws clamped on its leg and they're no...

Family out, couple of days off: a chance to visit Sharjah's Desert Museum and Arabian Wildlife Centre for the first time in a while. It...