1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (1003+ words) Transported hundreds of kilometres by rain, rivers and ocean currents, toxic chemicals are finding their way into the Indian Ocean and building up in the fragile coral reefs between Lake St Lucia and Kosi Bay. High levels of pesticides and…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (646+ words) A controversial Vietnamese national was arrested trying to flee South Africa while on wildlife trafficking charges. Huy Bao Tran is linked to the "staged" theft of 98 rhino horns and a vast global syndicate. A Vietnamese national wanted in connection with…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (14+ words) The world's smallest penguin species, and other stories from around the globe'Daily Maverick...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (521+ words) The good news is that poachers slaughtered far fewer rhinos in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal last year. The bad news is that they killed many more in Kruger National Park instead. Despite a modest 16% decline in rhino killings countrywide…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (639+ words) The Game Rangers Association of Africa is calling on governments, funders and conservation groups to lend more support to wildlife rangers across the continent following an increasing number of attacks involving armed militia groups. Game rangers in many parts of…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (751+ words) Johannesburg's summer weather creates perfect breeding conditions for flies. In warm and wet conditions the fly problem is largely linked to waste management and infrastructure. Johannesburg residents and business owners have been battling a noticeable increase in flies, with restaurants,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (899+ words) He insisted that nature deserves protection because it exists, not because it's useful to us. Each being is an end in itself. Imagine a Norwegian philosopher perched high on a mountain ledge, squinting into the wind, not in conflict with…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1132+ words) A close look at what tail docking actually involves, why it persisted long after its rationale collapsed and how a recent conviction brings South African law back into focus. Tail docking a dog is maiming, extremely painful and deprives a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (843+ words) What these numbers document is not conservation under pressure, but extraction at scale. They expose trophy hunting not as a people-centred conservation model, but as a market-driven industry serving a narrow, global elite. South Africa's newly released professional hunting statistics…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (492+ words) A snake in a house is a discrete, shocking event. It is an external threat that can be neatly taken away. The suffering of stray and neglected dogs is a chronic, internal symptom. It is a mirror to our own…...