‘Kelping’ footage from all across the globe has also shown that this is a worldwide phenomenon.
It’s nice to know that animals are just like us: a bunch of weirdos.
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has welcomed the court outcome, saying that this situation will send a clear message that animal cruelty won’t be tolerated.
Divers have made an interesting discovery in an inland cave in Mexico – teeth from one of our pre-historic nightmares, the Megalodon.
The sharks were likely juveniles when they found themselves stranded, but eventually grew up to 9.8 feet (3 metres) long.
The storms are sorry and spring has officially sprung. Good thing that Cape Town is well-prepared to get you into the spring vibe.
Any parent knows it is a terrifying moment when you realise that you’ve left your child behind. A poor mother elephant in the Kruger had to watch on as her calf bravely fended off a parade of lions.
It is clear that this year has been our wettest in the last 10 years, but the Heritage Day weekend alone saw more rainfall than anything before in the province’s recent history.
The Western Cape was hammered by severe storms this long weekend, causing road closures, mudslides and stranding thousands of people.
A beloved manatee at Florida’s Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium died earlier this year after having too much “high-intensity” sex with his brother, officials revealed this week.
After several groups spent years urging authorities to let him retire and spend his final years with some level of freedom, Charlie, the Pretoria Zoo elephant will finally get to spend his old age in the wilds of Shambala Private Game Reserve.
If there’s one thing in life worth celebrating, it’s pets.
Images predicting how 10 popular tourist destinations around the world could be hit by the climate crisis in just a matter of years are haunting and bleak.
“The water is what saved us,” a helicopter pilot said in court last week, detailing how he and two of his passengers had escaped death by jumping into the ocean when a New Zealand volcano erupted four years ago.
This weekend, a giant great white shark was among the pro surfers in the water, innocently stalking the dangling feet of some okes who were none the wiser.
To be fair, the skeletal remains of this creature that Bobbi-Lee Oates spotted on the beach in Keppel Sands, Queensland, Australia, does look a lot like a mermaid.
Will Smith is creeping back into the hearts and minds of those who thought he was cancelled after that Oscars slap incident – and he’s doing it with the help of a baby rhino in Botswana.
Yes, just like a cockroach, lightning can use your plumbing as a conduit, and even just washing your hands can make you a perfect target for Thor’s bolts.
On Sunday night, a cold front swept over the country, dropping temperatures to the negatives in some parts, allowing snow to buffet down and surprise people the next day.
Drone footage captured a shiver of at least 50 sharks swimming near a Long Island beach in New York after the area has seen an increase in shark attacks recently.
One would not be remiss if they didn’t immediately think ‘Ka-Ching!’ when imagining a hunk of smelly whale vomit.
Water officials of Cape Town are asking residents to still make water-wise decisions despite our dams flourishing at more than 90% full.
Us Saffas still glamourise the icy stuff because, as a rare occurrence in only some parts of our country at particular times in the year, we are not treated to it enough to quite get over it.
Those with ornithophobia, turn away now because this seagull gulping down a squirrel whole is beyond a Hitchcock level of terrifying.
Besides our own firefighters working on the embers and flames, hundreds of other international firefighters are also in the area helping overwhelmed Canadians with the complex task of controlling the, frankly, uncontrolled blazes.
Flooding in Cape Town, an earthquake in Gauteng, and now a tornado in KwaZulu-Natal. It’s as if nature is trying to tell us something.
“I wouldn’t put your hands in there,” a person off-camera said before his pal was dragged into the water while rinsing his hands.
South African National Parks (SANParks) confirmed that the park’s infrastructure and natural vegetation had taken a knock, leading to dangerous conditions for hikers and trail runners.
Orcas may look like giant sea pandas, but they’re really more like swimming sociopaths.
Parts of the city are now racked with non-load-shedding related electricity supply issues as power plants become soaked, with a lack of running trains, and overall havoc on the roads as they become increasingly waterlogged.