By Stephanie-Emmy Klarmann, Research associate, University of Johannesburg
Alexandra Schnell, Research Fellow in Comparative Psychology, University of Cambridge
Angie Elwin, Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
Neil D’Cruze, Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
A three-year study of 34 South African captive lion venues found poor welfare conditions, early separation of cubs from mothers and hours of handling by tourists.
(Full Story)
|
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Politicians from across the parliament paid tribute to the highly respected member for Indi, who remains in hospital following an alleged attack.
(Full Story)
|
By Amnesty International
My journey into human rights activism was forged in the blood that stained the pavement of Trisakti University. In my teenage years, my mother got me involved in organizing assistance for people living in poverty. I began to witness the stark socio-economic disparities that existed under former president Suharto, amid widespread corruption and state repression. […] The post I am targeted by the military because I work for Amnesty, but I refuse to let fear win appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Displaced women and girls walk through the vast IDP site in Tawila, Sudan, February 23rd, 2026. © 2026 Giles Clarke/Avaaz via Getty Images “It is as if a tsunami had hit the city,” said a resident who returned to Sudan’s El Fasher only to find it destroyed and largely abandoned after the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) October 2025 takeover.For 18 months, the RSF laid siege to the city, digging a trench around it in its final months, forcing starving residents to survive on animal fodder, until even that ran out. In the siege’s final weeks, the RSF increasingly…
(Full Story)
|
By Laura
Young people are deemed mature enough to elect their leaders, yet not to replace them. They drive political movements forward by voting, advocating, campaigning, and protesting, yet cannot run for office themselves.
(Full Story)
|
By Paola A. Magni, Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University
Pia Interlandi, Associate Professor of Creative Practice, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University
What should happen to your body after you die? It’s hardly a topic you’d bring up over dinner, but it’s a decision that will eventually need to be made, either by you or by those you leave behind.
In Australia, the choice has traditionally been between burial and cremation. However, concerns about environmental impact, limited cemetery space and the desire for more…
(Full Story)
|
By Heather Blakey, Literary Studies Scholar, The University of Western Australia
Memory, desire, and who gets to be human: there are many interesting overlaps between Blade Runner and Love and Deepspace.
(Full Story)
|
By Claire Yorke, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Future Defence and National Security, Deakin University
If you watch Question Time or scroll on social media, you’ll see how politics can be gladiatorial. Many politicians accept they need to do more to calm things.
(Full Story)
|
By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
Democrats have a three in four chance of gaining control of the Senate, and remain overwhelming favourites to gain control of the House of Representatives.
(Full Story)
|
By Elspeth McLennan, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group, University of Sydney
Carolyn Hogg, Professor of Biodiversity & Conservation and Co-Lead, Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group, University of Sydney
Scat may be a waste product, but it holds crucial clues about an animal’s diet, disease risk and genetic health.
(Full Story)
|