Environment

Sewage spills are damaging local businesses and international tourism.

The last 20 years of pollen monitoring in the Western Cape has provided crucial answers.

Sea Search, a collective of scientists and students with a strong academic background in the area of marine mammal science, have been collecting data and assisting in the removal of the dead animals.

The male leopard, believed to be about 3 - 4 years old, was dehydrated and in a really bad condition.

“Our organisation was subsidising a lot of work in the hope that the tender would come through, and it just hasn’t”.

Tourism is an important source of funding for managing protected areas and provides jobs for people living near national parks and wildlife.

Comforting and reassuring the patient is a very important part of the first aid treatment.

South Right Charters were lucky enough to capture stunning photos of the natural phenomena.

They were immediately located the very same afternoon.

But Rietvlei and Zeekoevlei are still closed.

This study solves some of the major riddles concerning the sardine run.

Dolly has a prosthetic leg.

The owners excitedly shared their once-in-a-lifetime experience.

If our animal companions can give us a heads-up when an event like this is about to happen, it could be truly lifesaving.

Each year, a selection of apparently weird and pointless scientific experiments receive the Ig Nobel Prize. Awarded by the science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research, the prize honours projects that “first make people laugh, and then make them think”. A recent study that suspended rhinos upside-down by their ankles...

There is only a population of between 2000 - 3000 African Penguins at Boulder's Beach.

There is something spectacular about seeing rhinos in their natural habitat.

In this study, the Whale Unit uses photographs to assess the temporal change in the body condition of South Africa’s Southern Right Whales.

They cannot swim: Shocking but true.

The area has rich potential for adventure and cultural tourism which could help to build an all-year-round tourism industry.

The Blaauwberg Nature Reserve presents a rich cultural and historical heritage of various periods in history.

The leopard might very well be the same that was caught on video in June.

Since 2018, more than 700 animals have been translocated under a donation from South Africa’s Department of Forestry.

They are streamlined in shape and thanks to this, can move through the water at speeds of up to 40km/ph.

Snakes replace their teeth throughout their life, rather like sharks, and their teeth do not have deep sockets.

The Rhodes memorial/Estate and Game Camp will still remain closed until further notice.

This is a step towards environmental responsibility and promotes ease of use.

From January to June 2021, 40 alleged poachers were arrested within the Kruger National Park.

The parties in the Greater Kruger landscape are committed to ensuring the survival of these species.

Save the Rhino Organisation estimate that there has been a 60% decline in the number of rhinos in South Africa since 2011.

Clean-up crews have been mobilised to gather and dispose of dead marine and bird life.