JAKARTA (AP).- Fossils of a giant stork have been discovered on a far-flung Indonesian island that has been home to many extreme-sized creatures — from tiny human-like “hobbits” and dwarf elephants to the world’s largest-known rats and lizards. Au…
New Research Suggests Orangutans Not so Solitary
JAKARTA (AP).- When British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace arrived in Borneo’s jungles 150 years ago, one of his great hopes was to see orangutans. Even he was surprised at his success, spotting the red apes feeding along river banks, swinging betwee…
Sotheby’s Hong Kong to Offer Lots Estimated in Excess of $205 Million
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sales 2010 will be held at Hall 3, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 2 to 8 October 2010. The sale series will offer over 3,200 lots of Modern and Contemporary Asian Art, traditional Chinese pai…
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sales to Offer Lots Estimated in Excess of $205 Million
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sales 2010 will be held at Hall 3, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 2 to 8 October 2010. The sale series will offer over 3,200 lots of Modern and Contemporary Asian Art, traditional Chinese pai…
Our Cities Ourselves Exhibition Envisions a Sustainable Urban Future for 2030
NEW YORK, NY.- Ten of the world’s leading architects show how the integration of urban planning and transport can enable cities to thrive through population growth in a new exhibition at the Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Place, NYC). Our …