1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (652+ words) We have an elephant problem, one of human making. Our success in saving elephants now means we have too many for the space we can safely keep them in. Consequently, they’re trashing the trees essential to the ecosystems that support…...

21+ hour, 42+ min ago   (487+ words) A gang of suspected poachers was caught red-handed in the Coega Industrial Development Zone on Monday after a consultant spotted the carcass of a kudu being loaded into a car. The brave actions of the consultant and lightning response of…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (605+ words) As the aircraft descended into China, I gazed out of the window, filled with a mix of excitement and curiosity. I had travelled thousands of kilometres from SA to participate in an international seminar on endangered species conservation sponsored by…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (590+ words) I can imagine that there are many things that keep environmentalists and climate scientists awake at night and I’m genuinely grateful that I don’t know what they know. But of all those torments, I suspect the one that would do…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (543+ words) A fired-up Elephants side played as though their lives depended on it when they clinched a nerve-jangling 52-45 win over the SWD Eagles in a thrill-a-minute Carling Currie Cup First Division clash, EP coach Allister Coetzee said. It took a last-gasp…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (779+ words) US technology giant Amazon has backed a R1.5bn environmental restoration project in the Eastern Cape expected to create more than 11,000 sustainable long-term jobs over the next decade while helping revive one of SA’s most threatened ecosystems. This investment has already created…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (508+ words) The Elephants held their nerve at the end to pull off a vital 40-32 win over the Leopards after a hard-fought Carling Currie Cup First Division dogfight at Bergsig Special School in Kariega on Saturday, EP coach Allister Coetzee said. The…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (656+ words) Yet environmental loss often unfolds in far more immediate ways, through the destruction of ecosystems that remain unprotected. In December 2022 Papiesfontein, environmentally sensitive state land near Jeffreys Bay, was unlawfully occupied, resulting in the clearing of natural vegetation, establishing of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (592+ words) A Cape clawless otter is being treated at a Gqeberha vet after she was found lying in the vegetation next to the coastal walkway in Summerstrand, near the Something Good restaurant. Wildlife rescue specialist Arnold Slabbert said on Tuesday the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1306+ words) Once upon a time I was more or less oblivious to all the birds around me, but then I did live in Hong Kong for nearly 20 years where any and every creature is in danger of being eaten, and can…...