Whales really are gentle giants, and most Capetonians will readily admit to having a soft spot for them. This may put a smile on your face then.
Here at home we marvel at big cats like leopards and lions, but over in the remote mountain regions of Eurasia they have this gem hidden up their sleeves.
If you are a fan of Africa’s gentle grey giants then look away now, Kruger Park poachers felling another beast. What happened next is perhaps the worst part though.
It’s important to remember that elephants are still wild animals even when they have really pretty decorations on their face.
If you’re at all familiar with how science works you’ll know that the earth’s organisms started off from rather humble beginnings. Your front runner then.
Here’s that escape from behind your desk experience for the day, a guide in Kruger National Park capturing an incredible kill on camera.
A python attacked a six year old while he was asleep on the top bunk and his mom luckily got to him before death.
If your Monday has lacked one of those ‘awww’ moments then best you watch this video, a baby elephant rescued in the nick of time.
The once revered legspinner is quickly becoming a laughing stock, his appetite for fame including appearing on one of those ‘I’m a Celebrity’ shows.
People cannot handle the natural threat that baboon pose to them and have been attempting to kill them when they get too close.
Chimpanzees are being cared for by organisations who supply them with fresh resources after a testing centre abandoned them more than 30 years ago.
Conservation is cool, but if you’ve ever thought that what it really lacks is a healthy dose of pornography then help is at hand.
Someone just threw down R44 million to buy a share in a rather impressive beast, a fact that led to Bakkies ‘The Enforcer’ Botha to nod his head in approval.
The NSRI had themselves a busy weekend, swiftly dealing with a whale carcass that washed up on the rocks of Bantry Bay.
One photographer in Namibia is currently hitting his job out the park, his night time photos of the area’s wildlife gaining international acclaim.
As the human and elephant population of India come into contact with each other more frequently, things can get a little crazy sometimes.
I hear there were some pretty decent waves around Cape Town yesterday hey? Turns out it wasn’t just the surfers who were having a jol.
Perhaps sharkapocalypse will become a thing as shark attacks are on the rise as the ocean gets warmer because: global warming.
One Durban diver got more than he bargained for when a shark turned on him inside its tank. There will be blood.
The schoolyard is not quite the leopard’s natural habitat, so as you can imagine this poor beast became rather enraged.
It must be a lonely existence for the cat dubbed El Jefe, the only known jaguar in the whole of the United States. What a beaut though.
It appears that over in Japan they like to be prepared for the worst, including what would happen if a zebra bust out of a zoo.
Elephants are generally regarded as gentle giants, although this mother wasn’t all that impressed with a buffalo and went into full battle mode.
Former bodyboarding world champ Sacha Specker is one lucky chap, surviving to tell the tale of a great white encounter in Noordhoek.
How did the eagle become King of the Air? Well, as the story goes, he had to train, battle and take down a drone to keep his title.
It was a tragic weekend in Tanzania’s Maswa Game Reserve, a pilot gunned down poachers whilst on patrol.
I like a glass of milk in the morning as much as the next person, as long as the next person isn’t Nano from Norway.
We know that baby elephants are the perfect daily dose of cuteness overload. It’s only a pleasure.
If you happen to have a drone lying around why not step it up a notch and land yourself a slithery reptile? It’s the obvious choice.
Pablo Escobar is the world’s most notorious cocaine smuggler, his personal wealth estimated at around $30 billion in his prime. He had a rather nice digs too.