Stop wasting: a greener festive season for South Africans

Staff Reporter|Published

South Africans are urged to consider the environmental impact of their festivities, as with increased food consumption, gift purchases, and single-use decorations, ...

What to know about current snake activity - snake rescuer

Thobeka Ngema|Published

Nick Evans said that if anyone receives a forwarded WhatsApp message about current snake activity and ‘advice’, which he is quoted to have said, they should note ...

Snake rescuer called out for ‘impressive cobra’ under aircon unit at office park

Thobeka Ngema|Published

The caller watched the snake and did not take his eyes off it until snake rescuer Nick Evans arrived at an office park in Westville.

Mass death of Amazon river dolphins may be linked to severe drought, heat

Reuters|Published

The carcasses of 120 river dolphins have been found floating on a tributary of the Amazon River since last week in circumstances that experts suspect were caused ...

MEC Siboniso Duma adopts Pietermaritzburg township school in need of repairs

Sibusiso Mboto|Published

KZN Economic Development MEC Siboniso Duma comes to the rescue of a school whose infrastructure has suffered wear and tear over the years.

Rare seal resting at uShaka before trip back to Antarctica

Lorna Charles|Published

Local walkers found Ragnar resting on some rocks at a Ramsgate beach on the South Coast last week. At present he is still resting at uShaka’s rehabilitation holding ...

Protection services brace for fresh wave of devastating wildfires as hot, windy weather is expected this weekend

Published

Fire protection services are bracing for another weekend of potentially dangerous fires with hot, windy conditions expected this Sunday in the interior of the province. ...

SAPS investigate arson allegations after fire at Shongweni landfill site

Lyse Comins|Published

EnviroServ Waste Management, which runs the Shongweni landfill site, has reported a case of arson to the police following a fire on the premises.

Two rangers arrested in Kruger Park

African News Agency (ANA)|Published

Two rangers at the Kruger National Park have been arrested for alleged involvement in animal poaching.

Experts call on Johannesburg Zoo to #FreeLammie

Mercury Reporter|Published

13 of the world?s most respected elephant behavioural specialists and researchers have supported calls to release Lammie to a rewilding facility.

Where business, ethics meet

Network Reporter|Published

Visiting scientists shown local climate change, sustainable development initiatives

WATCH: uShaka to provide shelter, care to abandoned flamingo chicks

Mercury Reporter|Published

uShaka Marine World is now a temporary home to 250 lesser flamingo chicks rescued by the Kimberly SPCA.

NSRI thanks people who helped dolphin

Mercury Correspondent|Published

The National Sea Rescue Institute has hailed the beachgoers who raised the alarm after a dolphin washed on to rocks at Lower Point, Jeffreys Bay.

2018 was fourth warmest year on earth since 1850

Xinhua|Published

A new analysis has found the year 2018 was the fourth warmest on Earth since 1850.

Climate crisis needs urgent action - Attenborough

Reuters|Published

Britain’s Prince William turned interviewer at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, quizzing TV naturalist David Attenborough.

SA on global warming front line

African News Agency|Published

SA is on the front line of rising global temperatures and is in need of greater research and assessment to quantify the effects of climate change.

Pangolins favoured by poachers

The Conversation Action Trust|Published

Limpopo-based sanctuary protects 8 specimens of world’s most illegally traded mammal.

Tricks to growing a veggie garden in your apartment

Mercury Reporter|Published

?Vegetable gardens are becoming a household standard these days. Even in sectional title units it is not uncommon to find vertical gardens hanging outside and planters ...

Whales in iSimangaliso’s marine protected area

Daily News Reporter|Published

After a near two-decade absence, the East Coast Humpback Whale Survey was recently concluded in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, whose ocean component forms one of ...