The horses were spooked by construction noise and tossed their riders, who were reportedly in serious condition after undergoing operations on Thursday.
Dogs being poisoned after ingesting suspected drug-laced faeces has already happened in more than one alleged incident in Claremont and Camps Bay.
The plight of the African penguins in and around Cape Town continues.
The massive ‘black hole’ weather anomaly that materialised over Cape Town in the early hours has left many puzzled.
Nearly 100 mm of rain fell in just 12 hours on Tuesday, partly thanks to the UAE’s cloud seeding operations.
Our friends at Greenpop hosted their 13th annual tree planting and environmental awareness event, Reforest Fest, at Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat this past Easter weekend.
Locals were reported to be ‘delighted’ by the sight.
According to a marine biologist who witnessed the battle, it was an extremely rare sight as these animals tend to leave each other alone.
This man’s escape from justice was as wild as the illegal animals he kept in his house.
A couple of vehicles, including trucks, were launched off the N1 bridge just before the Huguenot Tunnel outside Paarl, roofs split and shattered in the wind blowing over Gordon’s Bay, while trees broke and debris was flung into the roads all over the rest of the Western Cape this weekend.
The spherical damper, named Damper Baby, moves back and forth during earthquakes or typhoons, which are common occurrences on the island.
The biggest earthquake in Taiwan in at least 25 years managed to take nine lives on Wednesday and injure more than 900 people.
A once-in-a-lifetime safari experience ended tragically in Kafue National Park recently.
Freezing fans were allowed to bring heated blankets into the stadium, and small pieces of cardboard to place under their feet on the cold concrete.
The 30-page report investigating the avoidable accident revealed Greig Oliver was put in such a position to make the crash “unsurvivable”.
Those who didn’t know about the city’s animal by-laws might be shocked to hear that any dog that barks continuously for three minutes in a 30-minute period is considered a problem and the owner may get a R500 fine.
When asked how many cats he had, he said it was like counting bubbles in boiling water.
The lady of the home has had a couple of python visitors in the past and one once got a hold of one of her beloved Yorkies.
Ever since the birds started swarming the village a couple of weeks ago, they’ve created an immense mess, coating entire cars and homes in their poop.
A video shows a charging bull elephant in the Pilanesberg National Park as it lifts the safari jeep with tourists inside cowering behind their seats.
The close call happened during a live show at Crocodile Creek, in Greylands – 14 kilometres from Ballito – after which the handler was rushed to the hospital.
Nigeria is one of 37 African countries where elephants are still found in the wild, but their numbers are reducing as human activity encroaches on their natural forest habitat.
Many brands choose to throw out worn and returned clothing because it is deemed less costly to just trash than to repair it.
Two lion brothers have finally found a new home in South Africa after being caught up in the human war in Ukraine.
It’s not every day that you’re casually scrolling through your phone and a leopard walks into the room.
More than 500 experts from research, veterinary and conservation groups have called on the French president to “end the overexploitation of frogs” and afford the most traded species better protections.
Not one to let his insect-hunting be curtailed by working hours, Hudson proposed a solution: shift the clocks back two hours during summer months.
Mice might force 19 of the 28 species of breeding seabirds on the island into local extinction over the next 30 years.
This amazing plant creates “forest-like micro-environments”, a ‘carpet’ of leaves that trap water and dust and nutrients, as well as carbon.
Just one Gaia can eat upwards of 3,000 rodents a year.