2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (1272+ words) The organisations say the slow pace of implementation is leaving the industry largely operational and the fate of captive lions uncertain South Africa’s commercial captive lion breeding industry remains legal and largely operational more than five years after the government…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1482+ words) Eden to Addo’s corridor initiative turns 20 and its most ambitious chapter may still lie ahead Deep in the Knysna forest, where the light struggles to reach the ground through centuries-old canopy and the air stays cool and damp even in…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (959+ words) In a male-dominated world of men in camouflage, physically fit, heavily armed and alert to take on dangerous poachers guarding Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, one of 21 SA National Parks (SANParks) - assistant searching ranger Nomcebo Tshabalala is undaunted. Based at the Kgalagadi…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (470+ words) More than 30 years after feral cats were wiped out from Marion Island, researchers have found the island's top seabird predator is breeding in unexpected places, highlighting the complex path to ecological recovery More than 30 years after South Africa eradicated feral…...

1+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (806+ words) Conservationists warn cheetahs are facing a “silent crisis” across Africa as six South African cheetahs are relocated to Zambia in a bid to restore the species to the Greater Luangwa Ecosystem, where it was last recorded in 1998 Now, six South…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (807+ words) The four-day count, running from Friday to Monday, comes as South Africa’s national bird, the blue crane, has been uplisted to vulnerable after its numbers plummeted by almost 40% since 2010 South Africans are being called on to become citizen scientists this…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (732+ words) Over three years, the researchers travelled more than 400 000km, deployed 389 camera traps that captured 5.2 million images, conducted 299 interviews with farmers and landowners, collected biological samples and analysed GPS tracking data South Africa’s last free-roaming cheetahs are hanging on by a thread....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (722+ words) When people think about South Africa’s illegal wildlife trade, they usually picture rhinos, elephants or pangolins. Few would imagine that a small spider, hidden for most of its life beneath a trapdoor burrow, could also find itself in the crosshairs…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1292+ words) Deputy Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister Narend Singh has insisted that elephant culling in South Africa will remain a “last resort”. But MPs and animal welfare groups warned that official delays, weak governance and failures to implement humane alternatives are…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1454+ words) As conflict in the Middle East redraws global shipping routes, scientists are warning that South Africa’s west coast is becoming an emerging danger zone for whales. Thousands of commercial vessels avoiding instability in the Red Sea and Strait of Hormuz…...