Hippos regularly wander through neighborhoods at night in the South African town of St. Lucia. This eco-tourism hotspot sits beside one of the country’s largest hippo habitats.
Hippos regularly wander through neighborhoods at night in the South African town of St. Lucia. This eco-tourism hotspot sits beside one of the country’s largest hippo habitats.
There’s been a spate of record-breaking auction sales recently and experts at Christie’s in London think we might be about to see another. A legendary Fabergé Imperial Egg, commissioned by Russian emperors to celebrate Easter, is one of the last left in private hands, and it’s now going up for sale for the first time in two decades. Christie's estimates that this 1913 Winter Egg will fetch “in excess of” £20 million ($26 million) on December 2, which would not only set an auction record for a Fabergé egg — it would also obliterate the one the Winter Egg itself set in 2002. CNN's Fiona Sinclair Scott visits Christie's to learn more about this curio.
The emotional moment a conservationist found the rare flower that he’d been looking for for years has gone viral. Septi Andriki and a team of conservationists found the rare Rafflesia Hasseltii in bloom deep in the rainforest in west Sumatra, Indonesia.
CNN correspondents turned out at parades across the country for Thanksgiving celebrations. They dressed up in fun costumes to get in the holiday spirit.
Roasted turkey has long been the centerpiece of presidential Thanksgiving tables, but side dishes have evolved along with changing American tastes. CNN’s Betsy Klein explores the history of Thanksgiving dinners at the White House, including a look at molded fruit salad, a favorite featured on President Harry S. Truman’s menu.
After a wildfire destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in January, one image among the devastation went global: a vintage VW bus that had somehow survived the most destructive fire in the history of Los Angeles. CNN’s Nick Watt visits the iconic vehicle at the LA Auto Show.
A new social media trend, 'the quarter-zip movement', has taken TikTok by storm and it could be a new cultural recession indicator. As people face economic downturns they often adapt their consumer behavior, buying clothing that is versatile, cheaper and can be worn for multiple occasions. CNN's Leila Gharagozlou reports.
