5+ hour, 24+ min ago  (578+ words) The case, which stretched over nearly two decades, has now resulted in the sentencing of Dawie Groenewald and Tielman Erasmus after they faced more than 1 700 charges tied to a vast illegal wildlife operation involving rhinos, as reported by The Guardian....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (327+ words) According to the City, on Sunday, 7 June, Marine Unit officers on patrol in Hout Bay and Wynberg spotted people drinking in a parking area near Victoria Hospital, which led to a search of a white Mitsubishi. " A public drinking offence…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (398+ words) As winter settles over the Western Cape, one of the region's most anticipated natural spectacles is making a return. Whale season has officially arrived, and travellers can soon enjoy an easy escape from Cape Town to Hermanus with a new…...

2+ week, 42+ min ago  (240+ words) The birds were rescued as eggs earlier this year, many after extreme heat forced adult penguins to abandon their nests. SANCCOB hand-reared the hatchlings at its Seabird Nursery before the release, which formed part of an ongoing colony re-establishment project…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (841+ words) At the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, some of the most remarkable stories happen behind the scenes. One of those stories is unfolding right now: A brand-new generation of Western clownfish has been successfully hatched and raised by the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (623+ words) Helen was born in England, moved to South Africa as a child and grew up on a chicken farm in Kwa Zulu-Natal. She attended school in Pietermaritzburg, lived in Durban, spent time in Scotland and later settled in the Cape....

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (192+ words) Writer, historian, author James Hall is documenting the phenomenon from the ground. "Now underway as it is every year, Tanzania's Great Migration, the largest overland mammal movement on Earth, sees the end of May bringing the dry season, prompting 1. 5 million…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago  (334+ words) Residents along the Overberg coastline were treated to an unusual wildlife encounter this week after a rare Southern Fulmar," a seabird more commonly associated with the icy waters around Antarctica, was rescued in Sandbaai near Hermanus. The bird was discovered…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago  (461+ words) From protecting endangered plants to tackling pollution in local communities, young people across the Western Cape are once again being invited to put their environmental ideas to the test as the Big Biodiversity Challenge officially returns for 2026. Launched during Biodiversity…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (696+ words) World Migratory Bird Day falls on 9 May. To mark it, Bird Life International is asking people to look beyond the wonder of migration and listen to what the birds are saying about the health of our planet. Migratory birds carry…...