The worst of the Day Zero scare is behind us (for now at least), but other parts of the country, and in particular the Eastern Cape, haven’t been as lucky.
You may not have heard of Typhoon Hagibis, but it could have a profound impact on the Rugby World Cup.
When tested, some of Cape Town’s rivers and canals came up so dirty that they’re bordering on ‘untreated sewage’.
In Kenya, a baby zebra was born with a dark coat and spots instead of stripes and she’s the cutest thing you’ll see today.
The Shark Spotters research team have no confirmed sightings of a great white this year, and shark cage diving eco-tourism operators who frequent False Bay’s Seal Island have been just as unsuccessful.
We like to feature photographs from around the world, but these 10 ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ finalists are pretty special.
Hurricane Dorian has wreaked havoc on the Bahamas, with relief workers describing ‘apocalyptic’ scenes amidst an unfolding humanitarian crisis.
Fires are raging through the Amazon rainforest, in what many are describing as a massive blow to the fight against global warming.
Introducing the ‘zombie snail’, which is what happens when a parasite assumes complete control of its host body.
The ‘Salmon Cannon’ is the equivalent of a waterslide for fish that takes them on the ride of their lives.
27-year-old wildlife photographer Chase Dekker can be pretty chuffed with the photos he snapped on July 22 in Monterey Bay, California, whilst out on a whale-watching cruise.
Tourists at Yellowstone National Park were guilty of standing far too close to a bison, which didn’t take kindly to the attention.
An indigenous media group has shared rare footage of a member of the Awá people, in order to raise awareness about the effects of deforestation.
You can now go on safari from your living room with this live stream wildlife channel that tracks your favourite animals.
Cape Town city officials are on high alert as a cold front rolls in, bringing with it extreme winds and weather conditions.
Rotorua resident Susan Gedye woke up at 2AM to some serious “shaking and jolting”, and at first, she thought it was an earthquake.
The ocean surrounding Cape Town is so polluted that chemicals are now accumulating in the flesh of fish.
During the 2019 season, many climbers have died, and others have likened conditions to ‘The Lord of the Flies’. Perhaps John’s solution might help.
Mike Pence has been dancing to Trump’s tune from the moment he was announced as his running mate. That extends to the climate change ‘debate’, too.
37 plant species have gone extinct in the Western Cape since 1900, making us one of “the hot spots for plant extinction on the planet”.
After social media users lashed out at meteorologist Jamie Simpson for interrupting their favourite TV show, he unleashed the fury.
Chef Ricardo Muñoz Zurita was horrified by the combs, bottle tops, and other plastics that he recently found inside a fish.
This video of a spider living in a man’s ear will fuel your nightmares. In worse news, it’s not the only such video.
A photo of a ranger at Virunga National Park in the Congo posing with some gorillas has been shared right across the globe.
This kangaroo rat decided that today was not the day that he would become rattlesnake food.
‘Our Planet’ is another nature docu-series home run, although one scene, in particular, left viewers at home in tears.
A rhino poacher was trampled by elephants and then eaten by lions, after he attempted to hunt down a rhino in the Kruger Park.
Donald Trump really, really hates wind turbines, and he isn’t going to let facts or reason stand in the way of his crusade to demonise them.
The Extinction Rebellion is back, and this time they’re half-naked in the British House of Commons to distract from Brexit debates.
There’s still a good chance that we can be plunged into darkness at any moment, but residents of the Western Cape have done well with their water usage.