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Environment
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Fallen Angels’ Last Call: Help Needed To Rehome Animals As City Of Cape Town Orders Closure
21 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Giving up isn’t an option for the Fallen Angels team—it’s about doing right by every last dog, cat, and farm animal that depends on them—and they need your help.
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Why They Transported A Giant Dead Whale Through Cape Town’s Suburbs
19 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Some in Cape Town awoke on Sunday morning to an extraordinary and surreal spectacle: a massive humpback whale embarking on an unlikely and final journey, as it was transported from Hout Bay through the leafy avenues of Constantia.
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Scientists Share Surprising Theories About Which Species Would “Rebuild Civilisation” If Humans Get Wiped Out
15 Nov 2024 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
My Octopus Teacher? Well, scientists are suggesting that ‘my octopus empire’ may be more fitting, come the apocalypse.
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Durban Struggling With Beaches Again As Festive Season Approaches
12 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
With just weeks to go before holiday-makers descend on KwaZulu-Natal for the festive season, several beaches around Durban are showing ‘poor water quality’.
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Flower Thought To Be Extinct In Cape Town Restored After Almost 100 Years
11 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
After nearly a century of being absent from Cape Town’s wetlands, an indigenous lily has been replanted this week, marking a special moment in honour of the international environmental initiative founded by Prince William.
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SANParks Rolls Out New Initiatives For Safe Holiday Season In National Parks
11 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The South African National Parks (SANParks) has unveiled a range of measures set to enhance visitor experiences across its 21 national parks, all in anticipation of the 2024 festive season.
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French Woman Allegedly Throws Dog Off OR Tambo Balcony, Now Under Medical Care: Police Confirm
11 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
In a strange incident at OR Tambo International Airport, a French woman allegedly threw her dog over a third-floor balcony in the early hours of Friday morning.
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Wild Drama Unfolds At Mpumalanga University Campus As Two Wildebeest Die After Falling From Elevated Area [Video]
08 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The wild animals, seemingly driven by sheer instinct, charged across the campus grounds until the rampage took a tragic turn.
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Scuba Divers Dive Deep To Clean Two Cape Town Tidal Pools
08 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The lekker news for two tidal pools in Kalk Bay is that a team of divers rocked up to tackle the pollution problem, scuba style!
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Preppers Reveals The Best Vehicle For When Extreme Weather Catastrophe Hits
07 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
It’s high time we start thinking ahead, preparing for the inevitable.
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Prince William Says “I Can Be Myself” In SA + Everything The Royal Did In Cape Town Around The Epic Earthshot Prize Event
07 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Prince William has been gallivanting around Cape Town since Monday as part of a four-day trip to celebrate and honour the winners of his prestigious annual Earthshot Prize Awards.
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The Chilling Moment A Skydiving Instructor Plunged To His Death When Jumping From A Cliff With A Failed Parachute [Video]
07 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
A haunting video captured the tragic moment when a skydiving instructor met an untimely end, tumbling helplessly off the edge of a cliff after his parachute failed.
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Snow In Spring? In The Karoo? Very Strange [Images+Videos]
06 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
“This curious phenomenon of snowfall in November adds another damage to already challenging driving conditions in the Eastern Cape.”
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Kruger National Park Mourn ‘Ben’ After Anti-Poacher K9 Killed By Crocodile
05 Nov 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Ben was conducting an exercise with his handler, which he had partnered with for eight years when he was attacked while quenching his thirst at a riverbank.
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Lightning Strike Kills Peruvian Soccer Player Live On Air [Video]
05 Nov 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
With a violent snap, at least eight players dropped like bowling pins, with a flash striking two of them.
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Conservation Takes A Step Foward As Cape Town Nature Reserve Earns Prestigious Green Coast Status For Fifth Year
31 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Honoring a milestone in environmental stewardship, Blaauwberg Nature Reserve in Cape Town has once again received the Green Coast Status from WESSA, celebrating five years of dedicated conservation efforts.
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Cape Town Is Heating Up As The City Loses Trees Faster Than They Are Replaced
31 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The increase in the number of solar panels is also contributing to Cape Town’s ‘deforestation’.
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Blue Flags Will Soar Over Eight Cape Town Beaches This Summer
29 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) has awarded Blue Flag status to eight popular Cape Town beaches for this summer season, with two others awarded pilot Blue Flag status.
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Cape Town Swimmers Urged To Stick To Safe Beaches After Two Marine Animal Bites Rock The Coast
28 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Cape Town beachgoers have been urged to keep to lifeguard-protected beaches after two separate biting incidents this past Saturday.
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Plans Afoot For A Massive Offshore Wind Farm At Richards Bay
25 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Stellenbosch University researchers suggesting that offshore wind farms could theoretically supply between 15% and 800% of South Africa’s current annual electricity demand.
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Saffa Paul Gardiner Connects With The Planet In Epic New Series ‘Natural Born Runners’ [Video]
24 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Gardiner has embarked on several extraordinary adventures, including an ultra-marathon in Antarctica to highlighting critical conservation efforts on the world’s seventh continent.
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Nelson Mandela Bay Residents Evacuated As Heavy Rains Continues To Wreak Havoc
22 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Following a level 6 warning for heavy rain issued on Monday, disaster management teams had to work throughout the night to evacuate people from their homes.
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They’re Trying To Decide What To Do With Knysna’s Last Remaining Elephant, Strangefoot
21 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
In the depths of Garden Route National Park, Strangefoot, the last known survivor of the iconic Knysna forest elephant herd, confronts an uncertain future as conservationists and locals grapple with the dilemma.
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Milnerton And Table View Residents Are Fighting To Preserve Endangered Fynbos On Site Of Proposed 337 Flats
21 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
“More than 50% of Erf 38599 shows to be critically endangered, with a large portion being a national wetland.”
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Marvel At Tiny Things Beyond Your Seeing Eye With These Phenomenal Shots From The Nikon Small World Competition [Images]
18 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The contest celebrates the beauty of images taken through a light microscope – and this year’s photos are beyond mesmerising.
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CapeNature Introduces South Africa’s First Slow Overnight Hiking Trail At De Mond Nature Reserve
18 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The Damara Trail is the ultimate destination for both ‘soft adventurers’ and seasoned hikers looking for a new way to explore the Western Cape’s natural heritage.
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NASA Satellite Maps Uncover ‘Mind-Blowing’ Threat to Coastal Towns Worldwide
17 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
It is advised for those living in coastal communities to brace for the impact of extreme weather events by taking steps to build climate resistance in their home.
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Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds To Migrate With Microlights
17 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Normally, parents would accompany the birds on their first migration to show them the path. However, the birds’ knowledge of their flight path has mostly been forgotten because the species has been hunted almost to extinction.
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Mining Company Wants To Prospect Almost A Third Of The Entire Western Seaboard Of The Western Cape [Video]
15 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The mining company has applied for a marine diamond mining right offshore of two eco-sensitive areas and a ‘multi-commodity prospecting right in multiple concessions’, which basically means that they want to go prospecting for minerals along a third of the entire western seaboard of the Western Cape.
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How To Get Rid Of Cape Town’s Most Unwelcome Guests: Cockroaches
10 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The problem is, besides being an annoyance (the bane of our existence, really) these roaches pose serious health risks, so it is rather important to get them under control as soon as possible.
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