For the first in a series on Australia’s top art collectors, the NAB director walks us through the inner Brisbane home she ...

Trapping kids in schools where almost no learning occurs is an atrocious moral failing — one that last week President Trump took a step toward correcting: He declared that every child deserves a ...

Damaging the ecosystem by removing keystone species does more than just harm wildlife; it can harm humans as well. Wildlife ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it could make hydroelectric dams on Oregon’s Willamette River safe for endangered salmon by building gigantic mechanical traps and hauling baby fish ...

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Glasgow City Council has been trialling the on-street hubs - which include rat traps - in three parts of the city and say the quality of recycling has improved. The pilot project was aimed at ...

That is how Yananymul Mununggurr describes the creation of the Yirrkala bark petitions. Yananymul is the daughter of Dhunggala Mununggurr who, alongside 11 other Yolngu people selected by Elders ...

Fish often avoid intense stimuli, but scientists and animal welfare groups have long debated whether fish can feel pain. So is there an answer? Animal rights organization PETA claims on its ...

A new documentary traces the historic journey of the Yirrkala Bark Petitions and the repatriation of the fourth petition back to Country. Yolngu woman Yananymul Munungurr's (left) father ...

HAVERHILL — The annual Ice Fishing Derby hosted by the Hound, Rod & Gun Club was held on Chadwick Pond on Saturday. There was plenty of action at each fishing hole. The derby went from 7 a.m. to ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

Governments come and go, but politicians of all stripes must walk past two of the most important living documents in this land’s history every day they serve at our pleasure (or otherwise) in ...