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Conservation
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A Billion Dollar Startup Is Attempting To Bring Back The Dodo
07 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
May the force be with us if they ever decide to bring dinosaurs back.
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Sublime Shots From The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Awards
02 Dec 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The Natural History Museum has selected 25 photos that will be voted on by the public to win the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award.
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Once-In-A-Lifetime Auction Of Untouched 100-Island Archipelago
30 Nov 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The islands have remained uninhabited and totally untouched by human activity, but now Sotheby’s has been entrusted with auctioning off this extraordinary destination.
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“No Mohair. Keep Your F****** Promise”: People Are Raging At H&M
03 Nov 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
H&M is catching major heat after deciding to reintroduce mohair products in their latest fashion lines despite once promising that they would never use the fabric again.
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Lunchtime Viewing: Cape Town Has A Serious Snare Problem [Video]
26 Oct 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In and around the Cape peninsula, poachers actively target smaller wild animals through the use of snares.
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South African Shines In Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Competition [Images]
13 Oct 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
This poignant moment, titled “Ndakasi’s passing”, was captured by Brent Stirton, a Durbanite now working in New York.
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Cape Town Beaut Among 2022 Ocean Photographer Of The Year Winners
06 Oct 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The Ocean Photographer of the Year aims to acknowledge the work photographers put into shining a light on the beauty of the ocean, as well as the threats it faces.
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First-Of-Its-Kind Hostage Situation As Ransom Demanded For Chimps
23 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The kidnappers are holding the animals, aged between two and five, hostage and demanding a six-figure ransom.
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It’s Not Only Money That Drives Rhino Poachers
07 Sep 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
While the potential riches of the lucrative rhino horn trade are the main driving factor, it’s not the only consideration.
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Steve Irwin ‘Death Tape’ Mystery Won’t Go Away
06 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Authorities say they gave Irwin’s widow, Terri, a copy of the video and destroyed the rest. She destroyed her copy but believes that there is still one out there.
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We Break Briefly To Enjoy Snaps From The 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards
25 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Whether it’s baby animals playing silly buggers or adults being goofballs, the early entries for the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards show the lighter side of nature.
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Rare Footage Of SA Rhino Birth And First Steps [Video]
16 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Mpumalanga’s Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary released a heart-warming video of the baby popping out and promptly taking its first steps.
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Chaos As Rescuers Try Save Beluga Whale Cruising River Seine In Paris [Video]
08 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The four-metre whale was first seen on Wednesday between Paris and the city of Rouen in Normandy with a few signs that it could be starving to death.
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Emmanuel The Emu Is Everybody’s Favourite Farm Animal [Videos]
20 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
In most of the videos, a 29-year-old farm caretaker and TikTok documentarian can be heard scolding the emu with the classic ring of “Emmanuel, don’t do it!”
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Friday Fun – Watch This Pangolin Thoroughly Enjoying A Muddy Swim [Video]
15 Jul 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You’ll be hard-pressed to find an animal that enjoys a refreshing swim more than Ditsi, a Temminck’s pangolin being rehabilitated at Manyoni Private Game Reserve.
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Astonishing: Perfectly Preserved Baby Woolly Mammoth Found [Images]
04 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
She was chanced upon by a gold miner named Travis Mudry, astoundingly preserved over all those years thanks to the muddy permafrost tomb that she lay in.
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Jozi’s Sulphuric Stink Is Worrying The Air Pollution Experts Now
14 Jun 2022 by Paula / No Comments
The quality of Jo’burg’s air came under the microscope this week, after the city of gold erupted in pockets of 24-carat stench.
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Local Researchers Explain That Mass Cape Seal Die-Off That Started In September Last Year
13 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
You might have noticed a seal carcass or two yourself somewhere along the Western Cape’s coastline as early as September, which is when researchers identified the mysterious wave of Cape fur seals’ deaths.
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Watch Planet Earth Change Right Before Your Eyes
13 Jun 2022 by Paula / No Comments
A new innovation from the Google Earth team, in collaboration with the World Resources Institute, means that now users can watch the face of the earth morph and alter in real-time.
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Cyril Explains The Plan For Eskom / Load Shedding
10 Jun 2022 by Paula / No Comments
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that South Africa is on the precipice of instituting significant changes in the country’s flagging electricity sector
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This Man Could Be SA’s Least Creative Rhino Horn Smuggler
27 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A suspect was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport yesterday while trying to smuggle rhino horn out of the country.
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Notorious SA Rhino-Poaching Brothers Finally Sent To Jail
06 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Two notorious “Boere rhino-horn mafia” members have been hit with jail sentences for a devastating poaching spree.
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What It Might Look Like To Be Gobbled Up By A Shark [Video]
21 Apr 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A self-proclaimed pirate, cinematographer, and conservationist’s first-hand footage of a shark chomping down on a camera is fascinating.
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Sneak Peek At Entries For This Year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards [Images]
05 Apr 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Conservation through humour – that’s the focus of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, “most probably the world’s funniest photography competition”.
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The South African Poaching Problem Flying Under The Radar [Video]
10 Mar 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Chances are that when you hear the word ‘poaching’ you think of rhinos. Sadly, they’re far from the only species whose survival is under threat.
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Bees, Beetles, And Mozzies – Fantastic Insect Facts For A Rainy Day
02 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Besides making up almost half of the animal kingdom and being an integral part of the ecosystem, insects are also fascinatingly dynamic and bizarre.
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What Those Roped Figures In Red And Blue Around Cape Town Are Up To [Video]
10 Feb 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
If you were at the V&A Waterfront or Kalk Bay harbour at the right time in the last week, you might have noticed strange hooded figures in red or blue fabric walking around with a rope.
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Turtle Versus Tiger Shark Battle From KZN Sparks Debate [Video]
27 Jan 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A video of a shark battling a turtle seems to have sparked a debate about the merits of intervening.
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We Found Another Heartwarming Octopus Story For You [Video]
15 Dec 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
An Australian marine biologist created an unforgettable bond with a mother octopus after finding her washed up on the beach trying to protect her eggs.
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Just Two Rhinos Casually Strolling Through Bloemfontein [Video]
10 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Residents in Groenvlei, Bloemfontein, were shocked to see two rhinos walking along the road towards a local shopping complex on Tuesday morning.
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