This year, judges have received in excess of 7 000 photos from right around the globe, since narrowed down to 42 finalists.
A new study out of Germany suggests that dogs understand human intent, which is a far bigger step forward than you may realise.
The overall winner will be chosen from more than 50 000 entries across 95 countries and announced on October 12.
The last time it snowed on Cape Town’s iconic mountain was August 29 last year.
Ben Clark’s photo of a female peacock spider taking down a much larger flesh fly is one of the winning snaps from year’s Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year competition.
Phiomicetus anubis measured around three metres in length, and possessed strong jaws which enabled it to catch prey.
A small single-engine plane made an emergency landing on a highway in California, crashing straight into a couple who happened to be celebrating their wedding anniversary.
ESPN, which is used to showing muscular bodies doing sporty things, instead showed the wobble-butts on a couple of corgis who were competing in the annual Corgi Races.
Last night, Gauteng residents filmed spectacular footage of what many presumed to be a meteor shower, although that’s likely not the case.
A three-metre diamond python was spotted at a Woolworths in Sydney a few days back. Thankfully, the closest shopper also happened to be a volunteer snake catcher.
Online nature and wilderness resource Outforia has ranked South Africa highly in its list of the best skinny-dipping spots around the world.
It has been more than a month since Abdul-Karriem Adams found a dead cat in his yard, and started asking questions.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park is one of the finest places in the country to witness the big cats in action.
Meet the sheepshead fish, a rare ocean creature with a mouthful of molars and possibly the only thing in the sea with a dental plan.
The killings are perplexing in that there’s no blood on the scene, so the cats may have been killed at one location and then dumped at another.
When Usain Bolt clocked a staggering 100-metre world record time of 9,58 seconds, he maxed out at around 43,4 kilometres per hour. Your cat is not impressed.
At least 27 cats have now been killed in a similarly gruesome manner, with a reward offered for information leading to an arrest and SAPS finally on the case.
A video filmed on July 25 shows the moment an Asian elephant, agitated by a large crowd of people, tramples a man to death.
A new study suggests that a global societal collapse is very likely “within a few decades”, but there are a few countries that could keep civilisation afloat.
Residents of Boksburg were given a rude awakening this morning, as a 3,5 magnitude earthquake struck the area at 6:32AM.
You have to feel for all of the parties involved here, other than the people watching on, who were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime sighting.
Iran’s expansive and decades-old railway, France’s last inhabited lighthouse, and some of Italy’s fourteenth-century frescoes all made the cut.
Petra Diamonds has found yet another notable gem in the Cullinan mine, just two weeks after its rare blue diamond was sold for around R580 million.
Cape Town’s African penguins are currently enjoying a moment in the limelight with the success of Netflix’s ‘Penguin Town’. Dig a little deeper, though, and it becomes clear that the species is in crisis.
Dubbed the “Serendipity Stone”, what is likely the biggest star sapphire cluster in the world was found in a Sri Lankan gem trader’s backyard.
A German television presenter really dragged her name through the mud on Monday, when she was seen dirtying her clothes shortly before reporting on a deadly flood.
At least 11 cats have been brutally murdered, making this one of the largest animal killing sprees the Cape Metro has ever witnessed.
In the profitable world of rhino horn syndicates, one name stands tall above the rest – Dawie Groenewald, who is credited with having “a genius for staying out of jail”.
A very tired foster family made a hilarious adoption website for Hank, a dog who is “54 pounds of pure, unadulterated, kinetic energy with eyes like the ocean”.
One of the hottest countries in the world is providing funding for scientists and meteorologists to make fake rain using advanced drone technology.