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Byline: Rachel PaulPart seven of a continuing series about experiences on an archeological dig in PolandAfter looking at the wide selection of archeology field schools to attend last summer, I [...]

Byline: Rachel PaulTRACY MCCLUNG / COURTESYPart six of a continuing series about experiences on an archaeological dig in PolandLast summer I was at an archaeology field school run by the [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul TRACI MCCLUNG / COURTESY Part three of a continuing series about experiences on an archeological dig in Poland Sold in nearly every store this time of year, [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul VICTORIA SWENSON / COURTESY Part one of a continuing series about experiences on an archeological dig in Poland Indiana Jones, Laura Croft, 'The Mummy' movies. These famous [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul RACHEL PAUL / COURTESY Part two of a continuing series about experiences on an archeological dig in Poland One of the most iconic Halloween costumes is the [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul UC PLASMA TEAM / COURTESY Entrepreneurship program culminated 12-week program with event for companies, investors Curing breast cancer, keeping Unitrans buses clean and coaching athletes online -- [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul CASEY PHILLIPS / COURTESY Freshwater turtles face deadly threat of rising sea levels The threat of sea level rise is concerning for many animals and plant species, [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul JAYDEN WESTBROOK / CRC Raptor center cured, released red-tailed hawk whose feathers were broken When a red-tailed hawk with six broken feathers was brought to the UC [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul JAMIE CHEN / AGGIE Core facilities help faculty members, students share resources across campus Scientists across UC Davis have become part of a co-op where they collectively [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul BODEGA BAY RESERVE / COURTESY Natural Reserve System was created for conducting research projects Even at one of the top public universities for research, embarking on a [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE / COURTESY Innovative use of tilapia skin helps heal wildlife with burned paws Two female bears and a mountain lion cub [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul ANH-TRAM BUI / AGGIE Guide to all 12 museums, collections Across the UC Davis campus on Saturday, Feb. 17, free museums and collections will be open to [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul DICK EUSSEN / COURTESY Indigenous knowledge of birds spreading fires rediscovered in Australia The type of environment, climate, vegetation and human activity all play a role in [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul Collared female mountain lion and uncollared male mountain lion share food. (MARK ELBROCH / COURTESY) Mountain lions have more complex social relationships than previously thought Mountain lions [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul TAYLOR LAPOINT / AGGIE Bear bones are cleaned in UC Davis' Zooarchaeology Lab. Aside from cleaning your clothes, it turns out laundry detergent is useful in cleaning [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul Laura Jurgens deploying instruments (temperature loggers) in mussel beds in Olympic National Park (Washington, USA). (JEFF JURGENS / COURTESY) Creating their own air conditioning may help local [...]

Byline: Rachel Paul Olive Baboon in camera trap (LYNNE ISBELL / COURTESY) UC Davis primatologists study primates and predator interactions in a new way It is often very difficult for [...]

The Chandlers spent years working for their dream: to sail around the world in their 38ft yacht Lynn Rival, leaving the rat race trailing in its wake. And when they retired - Paul was a civil engineer, Rachel a government economist - they embarked on the journey of a lifetime. By October 2009, they had left their home in Kent far behind, visiting the Aegean, the Red Sea, the coast of India and the Maldives, recording their voyage in meticulous diaries. Now their aim was to sail from the Seychelles to Tanzania, arriving there for Christmas. The forecast was good as they departed, but 12 hours out the sky clouded over and the wind dropped. The Chandlers settled down for a long, difficult haul - unaware that life was about to change for ever ... [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For 13 terrifying months, Paul and Rachel Chandler were held by pirates in the Somali desert. Last week, their secret diaries told how the retired couple were kidnapped aboard their yacht, beaten, whipped and threatened with death as the thugs extorted money from their family in Britain. In this final instalment, the couple recall the endless ransom negotiations, their despair - and their eventual release thanks to a bizarre intervention by an East London taxi driver ... [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The pirate demands 'Shampoo. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]