New research looks at how at the hunt and often illegal trade of large aquatic animals used for meat, remedies and traditional use.

Six African wild dogs have been released in KwaZulu-Natal in an attempt to forward conservation efforts for this priority species.

The largest plague of locusts over the last couple of decades has ravaged SA crops to the cost of over R80 million.

The shocking findings in the Green Drop Report was met with concern by Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu.

Recycling is a word we’re all familiar with – but do you know how to efficiently sort materials out that can be recycled and reused?

Disturbing or damaging one of these four new protected tree species, could lead to three years jail time and a hefty fine.

Leading the pack: More and more African countries are using recycling to grow both jobs and small businesses.

The Endurance 22 Expedition has produced clear images of the shipwreck in Antarctica using an autonomous underwater vehicle.

The government said over R1 billion income is generated from the trophy hunting of endangered species including black rhinos.

‘Stupid thing to do’: Netizens have slammed the motorist who decided to hit a snake with a stick to save a deer from becoming a meal.

Mauritius are one of the largest exporters of Macaque monkeys, but the ‘alien species’ does present a lot of issues on the island.

‘This could be a resurrection of the dead,’ said a villager after a wondrous waterspout appeared over the Ncorha Dam.

An alert has been issued for St James and Muizenberg beaches after Shark Spotters spotted bronze whaler sharks circling the areas on Tuesday.

‘The snake is now the proud owner of a Land Rover,’ commented one person after watching a man run for his life as a snake approached the car.

SAAMBR has urged humans to work towards a plastic free ocean after plastic, a nylon thread and rope were found in a dead turtle.

When SA photographer Jackie spotted a hippo laying belly up, she thought something was wrong. Little did she know, he was sunbathing!

‘If the tour guide looks scared, it’s the appropriate time to panic,’ wrote one person after watching a hippo chase a boat full of tourists.

Unlike in the movie ‘Don’t Look Up’, there are plans in place to deal with the potential of an asteroid collision with Earth.

Early flowering of the Namaqualand daisies is a phenological shift that will impact on tourism and is accelerated by climate change.

Jonathan the tortoise is the world’s oldest living animal at a whopping 190 years old and enjoys eating, sleeping and mating.

Cameroon’s Ebo Forest has a new tree named after Leonardo DiCaprio, the actor campaigned to stop the logging in the West African woodland.

Fossil track sites on the Cape south coast show ancient evidence of Knysna elephants making widespread use of open spaces in the area.

The perfect Christmas gift? The Rhino Orphanage is calling on donors to support its relocation project which will see them establish a new orphanage.

A woman claims that a tame hippo at a popular nature reserve in Hoedspruit in Limpopo attacked her and her cousin in November.

In what is quite an amazing sight, more than 50 humpback whales were spotted off the coast of Mouille Point in Cape Town.