Month: June 2016

Myra Hindley, one of the two perpetrators of the infamous Moors Murders, along with Ian Brady, in 1963-1965. Credit: artmakesmesmile/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Women That Kill, Abuse and Torture

Katharine Quarmby 02/06/2016

Marian Partington is working to forgive Rosemary West –...

Madagascar's President Hery Rajaonarimampianina delivers a speech for the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Stephane Mahe

Limited Access to Water Curtails Madagascar’s Climate-Smart Agriculture

Katie Nguyen 02/06/2016

The worst El Nino weather pattern in years has...

A Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management official checks ivory inside a storeroom in Harare August 22, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Zimbabwe Refuses to Destroy Ivory Stocks, Lobbies Neighbours on Trade

MacDonald Dzirutwe 02/06/2016

Cash-strapped Zimbabwe says trade is the only way to...

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Hybrid Species Are on the March – With the Help of Humans

Mario Vallejo-Marin 02/06/2016

Hybrids can damage local plants by serving as bridges...

A dead tiger cub is held up by a Thai official after authorities found 40 tiger cub carcasses during a raid on the controversial Tiger Temple, a popular tourist destination which has come under fire in recent years over the welfare of its big cats, in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand June 1, 2016. Credit: Daily News/via Reuters

Forty Dead Tiger Cubs Found in Thai Temple Amid Fear of Trafficking

Patpicha Tanakasempipat 02/06/2016

Officials have moved 61 live tigers from the temple...

Just some pills. Credit: naturegeak/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Patent Profits and the Global Burden of Curing Hep-C

The Wire Staff 01/06/2016

Sofosbuvir, a single drug to treat hepatitis C viraemia,...

Fishermen being trained to sight dolphins. Credit: Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project/thethirdpole.net

Bangladesh: Fishermen Enlisted in Dolphin Protection and Research Initiatives

Rafiqul Islam 01/06/2016

Fishermen will monitor dolphins in marine protected areas of...