Bless Tyrone Ping’s heart for catching two Cape cobras in one day, it didn’t look easy.
While it is true that in the summer of 2016, a terrifying disease clawed its way out of the previously frozen ground, sending chills across the globe as the media rang the alarm over ‘zombie viruses’ coming from melting permafrost, this seems to be less of a concern to scientists watching the world warm.
Security footage captured the intense moment when he gets swatted onto the ground by the wild animal looking for a snack in the St. Regis Aspen Resort vicinity.
The scientists expressed their alarm and fear for reaching this dire crossroads, warning that the climate crisis could threaten the lives of up to six billion people this century.
“If it had barnacles, I would have been ripped apart.”
What remains for most of us a creature of myth is now an undeniable reality to the Parkers who spotted and filmed the unusual creature at play.
What happened to the Bering Sea’s snow crabs?
GoodLuck’s collaboration with Versofy Solar is almost too obvious to have taken this long, and since partnering up, the band has been able to keep the vibe going even when Eskom hits all the wrong notes.
When we are told that NASA is sending two modified jets to Cape Town we all immediately wonder if the organisation is seeking out extraterrestrial life forms here – right?
Again, this is a tragic end for a wild animal just trying to live its life in peace.
We can now hear one of the largest and most ancient living organisms on Earth whisper as the trembling of a million leaves echo through its roots.
The wild kangaroo looks like a Joburg boet out on the jol about to deck someone for checking out his girl.
It looks like a total hellscape. If this doesn’t make people realise climate catastrophe is happening now, then I don’t know what will.
Wildlife can be severely disrupted when icebergs crash into islands, particularly if the bergs become stranded on the seafloor encircling the remote landmasses.
The zebra-like animal once roamed our country in large herds, particularly in the Karoo and southern Free State, until they were hunted out in the second half of the 19th century.
‘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.
The Coastal Justice Network sent out an angry press release following the approval of TotalEnergies’ drilling along our Southern Coast.
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.
Footage of the devastation left behind by the recent Cape storms has been flooding our feeds for the last few days, but as we count the costs of nature’s tantrum, likely and unlikely heroes are emerging from the deluge of bad news.
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.
A cyclist got away within an inch of his life when a construction crane caught on fire and smashed into a building in Manhattan, sending debris into the streets below.
Large parts of Europe resembles a post-apocalyptic movie as recent footage shows fires lapping at Italy’s Palermo’s international airport while two pilots were killed when their firefighting aeroplane lost control and crashed.
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.