When Adalbert Hutter returned from an overseas trip one Australian summer, he couldn’t understand why his beachside property in Sydney that he put up for holiday rental remained empty with no bookings. He was shocked by what he found. “I was riding a motorbike through Siberia to the Arctic Circle,Continue Reading
Seven vegan activists have been arrested following a graphic stunt at a Victorian abattoir, where they chained themselves to metal railings. At about 4am. on Thursday morning as many as 30 protesters from the Farm Transparency Project broke into the Benalla abattoir in the state’s north in order to preventContinue Reading
The method intended to make the slaughter of pigs humane may be more brutal than previously thought, according to hidden camera footage that allegedly captures what’s going on in Australian abattoirs. Animal activists say they broke into multiple abattoirs to capture the secret footage in what’s intended to shine aContinue Reading
Researchers have raised alarm bells over “zombie viruses” being released by thawing Arctic permafrost that has been frozen for tens of thousands of years. The potentially problematic permafrost – frozen soil beneath the ground – is believed to be concealing chemical and radioactive waste dating back to the Cold War.Continue Reading
Schoolchildren in Melbourne’s inner west are paving the way towards a healthier future one backpack at a time thanks to a new initiative helping the city breathe easier. In a Melbourne first, over 300 children from six primary schools will be sporting one-of-a-kind bags that double up as air qualityContinue Reading
A 134-year-old piece of Australian art history has been defaced in a protest against one of the nation’s largest energy companies. Frederick McCubbin’s ‘Down on His Luck’ was targeted by two protesters at the Art Gallery of Western Australia on Thursday. Ceramic artist and illustrator Joana Partyka held a stencilContinue Reading
It’s breathtaking footage. An astonishing new video shows plants “breathing” in real-time — and the footage could have huge implications for how farmers feed the world in the future. The close-up clip was captured by biologists at the University of California San Diego during research funded by the US NationalContinue Reading