Icelandic fishermen are fishing for a new and unusual marine creature: The sea cucumber.

Cannabis farming has a long tradition in northern Morocco: some 300,000 families have long made a living from growing the plant.

Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the streets of Turkey’s largest city, looked after by local people who adore them.

In Laos, buffaloes suffer from malnutrition. An innovative diet could help them.

To bring law and justice to remote areas of Brazil, a floating courthouse takes to the waterways for six weeks a year.

At the far western tip of France, a champion kitesurfer has a mad idea: Brave the perilous currents and winds of the Iroise Sea to reach a legendary lighthouse.

Far away from the South Korean metropolis of Seoul is the Buddhist Gameunsa Temple where three nuns live, pray and cook together 

When Massimo Vacchetta discovered little Ninna, he immediately adopted her and saved her from certain death

Infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar had four hippos flown over from Africa to populate his very own zoo on his private estate in Columbia. But then they escaped.

In the perfume capital of India, Kannauj, flower petals are distilled with sandalwood oil to create fragrant essences.