Nature News Science Scientists can now translate pig grunts by Lochie Schuster After studying thousands of recordings, scientists are now able to read the emotions of pigs based on the sound of their grunts. Scientists have gathered 7000 recordings of pig grunts…
Music News British man makes the world’s first vegan violin by Lochie Schuster A man in England has whipped up the first-ever vegan violin using steamed pears, wild berries and spring water. You’ve probably heard the words “berry-infused” to describe many things. Maybe…
Nature News World Italian Senate votes to ban fur farming by Lochie Schuster The Italian Senate has voted to ban fur farming, meaning all mink farms in the country will be closed within six months. The 10 fur farms that remain open in…
Nature News UK law is looking after molluscs and crustaceans as they are now considered ‘sentient’ by Matthew Leong Say goodbye to restaurant lobster tanks as crabs, lobsters and octopuses are now considered “sentient beings” according to an updated UK law. In an article published by the London School…
Nature News Critically endangered tigers killed after escaping zoo during a landslide by Manning Patston Two Sumatran tigers escaped a Borneo zoo on Friday after a landslide broke their enclosures open. The ordeal resulted in a horrific outcome. Singkawang’s Sinka Zoo, located in Indonesia’s West…
News Brian May has dropped a badger-scented perfume, for charity by Emily Elvish Brian May has just taken animal activism to another level of cookery, dropping a perfume scented with notes of badger fur. Infamous glute shredder Brian May has just gone public…
News Three baboons were on the loose in Sydney’s inner west yesterday by Julia Lo Surdo Baboons loose in Sydney hospital? This is an actual thing that happened. Three baboons, one male and two females, managed to escape from their transport vehicles and wander the car…
Film and TV News Joaquin Phoenix is producing a movie about the sentience of pigs by Emily Elvish In Part II of environmental messiah Joaquin Phoenix’s mission against animal cruelty, the Oscar-winning actor has just announced his role in the upcoming film, Gunda. Gunda is a dialogue-free documentary…
News Watch Joaquin Phoenix rescue a slaughterhouse calf days after the Oscars by Emily Elvish A video has just been released of Joaquin Phoenix rescuing a calf and its mother from a Los Angeles slaughterhouse, two days after his Best Actor win at the Academy…
Music You can win friends with salad, as Borneo prove with Eating Animals by Georgia Love If you haven’t become familiar with Borneo – the band, not the country, but you should probably do that too – now is the time to do so. Hailing from Sydney,…
