These majestic birds are restricted to the Scottish highlands and islands, with just a few pairs breeding in southern Scotland and the north of Ireland. The Golden Eagle population remains broadly ...

With its bright green plumage and rose-coloured neck ring, It is difficult to think of a more incongruous British breeding bird than the Ring-necked Parakeet. The Ring-necked Parakeet was accepted ...

The man who became infamous as Elagabalus was born Varius Avitus Bassianus in Emesa, the city of Homs in Syria today. There he served as high priest of the sun god Elah-Gabal, a local form of the ...