Stories: Thailand

Stories connected to Thailand.

• A monument to a defeated 1933 coup was removed one night in 2018.Bangkok's Constitution Defense Monument honored those who resisted a royalist rebellion in 1933. It later bec…
• These beetles look much alike. Their genitals reveal the differences.A 2014 revision of the tiny Caccothryptus beetles, found across parts of Asia, reorganized seven recognized s…
• A keeper said Hanako the elephant helped save his marriage. How?A keeper at Tokyo's Inokashira Park Zoo said Hanako seemed sensitive to people's moods. After arguments with…
• The festival guests receive fruit and vegetablesLopburi, Thailand has a Monkey Buffet Festival offering fruit and vegetables to local macaques. The unusual f…
• A nearly solid casque is used in male clashesThe helmeted hornbill has a nearly solid casque above its bill, unlike the structure in other hornbills. Male…
• The Sunda flying lemur does not fly by flappingThe Southeast Asian Sunda flying lemur glides among trees rather than flying by flapping. Its membrane extend…
• The awnings retreat when a train arrivesA section of Thailand’s Maeklong Railway runs through a market. Vendors pull back awnings and goods beside th…
• Dragon millipedes have colour, spines and chemical defencesSoutheast Asian Desmoxytes millipedes include brightly coloured, spiny species, reaching roughly three centim…
• Small candlelit floats mark a Thai full-moon festivalDuring Thailand’s Loy Krathong, decorated little floats are launched on rivers, canals or ponds. Traditional…
• A Lao and Thai festival sends rockets into the skyBun Bang Fai is celebrated around the start of the wet season in Laos and northeastern Thailand. Music, dance…
• Two tentacles on a snake’s snoutThe tentacled snake lives in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Its two snout tentacles have a demonstrated mech…
• A departure can be marked by a thread around the wristBaci ceremonies in Laos and nearby regions mark occasions such as births, marriages, departures and returns.…
• Songkran also includes gently pouring water over elders’ handsThailand’s traditional New Year festival, Songkran, is celebrated in April and is known for water fights. Cus…
• A ten-year-old recalled a classroom film on a Thai beachDuring a family holiday in Phuket in 2004, British schoolgirl Tilly Smith noticed unusual behaviour in the se…
• A kissing fish’s gesture can be a form of aggressionKissing gouramis, native to Southeast Asia, extend their mouths and press them together. The gesture supplied…
• Black-and-white tapirs begin with stripes and spotsAdult Malayan tapirs in Southeast Asia have striking black-and-white colouring. Their calves instead have bro…