Weather reporters revel in broadcasting live from the centre of the action, despite the imminent danger, and viewers lap it up.
Judges and outside observers have fallen in love with the ocean and all it contains thanks to 2 590 submissions to the competition this year.
At present, there are 12 shark-bite kits placed on Plett’s major beaches and WhatsApp groups have been set up to share news of sightings.
Sunday’s attack by a shark in Plettenberg Bay, which tragically claimed the life of Kimon “Kiki” Bisogno, is the second fatal shark attack in the area in the past three months and the third since 2011.
In order to qualify as the buyer for the ‘world’s loneliest home’, you had to arrive packing a little more than just a load of pocket money.
A new scientific paper has shed light on some staggering ant facts, like the total population on Earth and how that compares to other species.
Orcas involved in the hunt use a technique called wave-washing, calculating the size of the wave they need to produce in order to acquire their next meal.
Scientists are unsure what caused a 30-metre-wide whirlpool seen in the ocean about 245 metres off the coast.
The winning entries from the Drone Photo Awards 2022 are a testament to the technology’s capabilities.
The six-part series was filmed over four and a half years across 18 different countries, so you can bet it’s going to be spectacular.
Heading out to the West Coast for a day of wildflower viewing is fun and all, but it is not a proper road trip without a well-packed ‘padkos’.
This is the Royal Meteorological Society’s 7th edition of the contest, with images for the main and mobile categories coming from photographers in 119 countries.
Despite its tiny size, the polyphagous shot hole borer should not be underestimated. Across the Western Cape, it’s destroying indigenous and endemic trees.
We all know that dolphins are smart and enjoy sex similarly to humans, but this new information paints a far more interesting picture of these water dwellers.
Whether it’s baby animals playing silly buggers or adults being goofballs, the early entries for the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards show the lighter side of nature.
It is very rare and special to see footage captured from a drone that goes above the clouds and over the tallest mountains on Earth.
Storm Report SA says the “tornado started out as a waterspout but made landfall soon after”. It caused damage to multiple homes in Velddrif.
Nature TTL, one of the world’s leading nature photography resources, has announced the winners of its annual photography competition, from 8 000 entries across eight different categories.
A particularly powerful bolt of lightning, which darted upwards from a thunderstorm in Oklahoma, delivered the largest charge transfer to space on record.
The four-metre whale was first seen on Wednesday between Paris and the city of Rouen in Normandy with a few signs that it could be starving to death.
The article delved into two local gems, one on the whale coast and another at an inland world-class game reserve.
In order to try and overcome PTSD from a previous close encounter with a shark, Jimi Partington hopped inside a clear, polycarbonate box.
The University of Bath has declared that Nessie’s existence is “plausible” after finding that some plesiosaurs may have lived in freshwater.
Shark biologist Alison Towner called the footage “probably one of the most beautiful pieces of natural history ever filmed”.
This chap slipped out of control, narrowly avoiding serious injury or worse as he tumbled over sharp rocks down a mountain.
A new study has found that dogs’ sense of smell and sense of vision are closely linked in their brains, which means that they can basically “see” with their noses.
Multiple videos show the sandstorm extending high into the Chinese sky across a barren landscape, all the while heading towards motorists fleeing in the other direction.
Named after the Norse goddess of love and beauty, Freya, a real whopper of walrus, has been making a massive splash across social media.
Cows and bees kill more people every year than sharks do, and you’re more likely to die from fireworks and lightning. It never hurts to be prepared, though.
In most of the videos, a 29-year-old farm caretaker and TikTok documentarian can be heard scolding the emu with the classic ring of “Emmanuel, don’t do it!”