By Kelly Lambert, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Richmond
Surviving in the wild is no small feat for animals, especially ones like Jimothy, with rare conditions And yet he persevered to viral celebration, thanks to an adaptable brain and a caring mother.
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By Michelle Campbell-Ward, Associate Professor, Wildlife and Avian Medicine, University of Sydney
Anne Quain, Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
Imagine you’re driving down a windy road when you spot an injured possum.
Your instincts might tell you to hit the brakes, check what’s wrong and bundle it into your car.
Research shows many of us want to help wild animals in distress. This may be out of empathy, obligation or simply wanting to do the right thing.
But as Australia rapidly responds to its first cases of H5N1…
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By Hunter Fujak, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
Joshua McLeod, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
The four highest profile sport franchise collapses of the past decade have occurred in Melbourne. Is the city no longer Australia’s sporting capital?
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By Tom Hercules Davies, Lecturer in Classics and Archaeology, The University of Melbourne
When the Odyssey first began to circulate in ancient Greece, no one knew its author. So how did ‘Homer’ become the name on the book’s cover?
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A pedestrian walks a dog in Chongqing, China, on December 17, 2024. © 2024 Cheng Xin/Getty Images Two incidents of videoed cruelty of stray animals in China this summer have triggered widespread outrage. Both spread rapidly online, and both showed a familiar government response: censorship, intimidation, and dispersion.In late June, videos of four boys cruelly mistreating and burning a dog and her puppies in Jieyang, Guangdong province, circulated widely online. Public outrage was swift and overwhelming: paid billboards and other advertisements appeared in over 100…
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Thursday, July 23, 2026
Independent UN human rights investigators on Thursday called for Iran to immediately halt the execution of 10 men who took part in a protest in the central city of Isfahan earlier this year, warning that some of their relatives have already been called for final visits.
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Thursday, July 23, 2026
Syria is not alone in tackling challenges, including the hundreds of thousands who remain missing during past tumultuous decades, the head of a UN institution said on Thursday as António Guterres departs on his first visit to the country in his current capacity as Secretary-General.
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the 14-day jailing of journalist Vakho Sanaia over his satirical Facebook posts and a reported assault on comedian Onise Okriashvili following a smear campaign in pro-government media prompted by a joke he had made, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Regional Director, said: “Beating up and imprisoning government critics […] The post Georgia: Journalist jailed and comedian attacked for political satire appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By James Greenslade-Yeats, Research Fellow in Management, Auckland University of Technology
Tago Mharapara, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Auckland University of Technology
New research suggests doctors are carrying the emotional burden of health system failures, adding to workforce pressures in New Zealand and beyond.
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By Natalie Sheard, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne
This week, the Victorian government announced it will act to protect workers from “inappropriate and unfair uses” of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. This will include introducing new laws to ensure AI hiring decisions are “free from bias or discrimination”.
The state government also plans to target “intrusive” workplace surveillance, which will include giving workers a right to know if they are being monitored, and requiring a human to have “final say” in any “significant…
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