Humanity rises as wildlife recedes: Two studies show the extent of human domination over nature

Wolves roaming the Mongolian steppes cover more than 7,000 kilometers a year. The Arctic tern flies from pole to pole in its ...
Jurist

UN human rights chief praises Australia for first formal treaty with Indigenous Peoples

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk praised Australia's first formal treaty with Indigenous Peoples on Monday, calling it a 'historic step toward self-determination for the country's First Peoples.' ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

A Giant Kangaroo Bone Is Challenging the Idea That Humans Wiped Out Australia’s Megafauna

Indigenous Australians may have been early "paleontologists," not big-game hunters, according to a new analysis ...
Earth.com

Traffic noise amplifies habitat loss for rare birds

Traffic noise is disrupting how tiny Australian birds communicate and defend their territories. Human-made sounds are ...
New York Post

Our society can succeed only by contending with human nature — not simply fighting it

“What are you being so mean for, miss?” asks Humphrey Bogart’s character in “The African Queen.” “A man takes a drop too much once in a while, it’s only human nature.” Katharine Hepburn’s character ...

Australia’s only shrew declared extinct: Christmas Island’s unique mammal lost forever

Australia has lost another native mammal, the Christmas Island shrew, officially declared extinct. This tiny insect-eating ...
Human Rights Watch

Australia: Set Human Rights Benchmarks for Vietnam

(Sydney, August 11, 2025) – Australia should press the Vietnamese government on human rights by seeking clear, concrete, and measurable benchmarks for progress, Human Rights Watch said today in a ...