Kai the juvenile Loggerhead Turtle returns home
Researchers at the Two Oceans Aquarium are excited to have released Kai, a Loggerhead Turtle, to the ocean, after a six -year walk to recovery. Kai weighed only 53grams, when…
Another gold at Chelsea Flower Show for SA’s plantsman
A team led by Leon Kluge, an internationally acclaimed South African landscape designer, and plantsman, clinched an award for the ‘Best exhibit in the Great Pavillion’ at the Chelsea Flower…
Gentoo penguin twins born at Edinburgh Zoo
The Edinburgh Zoo announced the birth of gentoo penguin twins, hatched to parents Kevin and Steffi. The Zoo said about the new borns “this fluffy duo has been making quite…
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Project launched in Botswana
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) Project, was launched in Botswana, on Tuesday. It is a 30-month initiative funded by the European Union, to strengthen biodiversity conservation, protected area management and…
10 million trees to be planted around SA
10 million trees will be planted on Heritage Day. Bernice Swarts, Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DAFFE), officially launched the Presidential One Billion Trees Programme at SANBI…
5 rhino poaching suspects gunned down in Hluhluwe
Five men suspected to be rhino poachers were gunned down, in Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday evening. The police said the suspects were travelling along the R618 Road towards a game…
Conservations tell all, at the State of Animal Welfare Address
FOUR PAWS organised a session on Wednesday evening, to explore credible data in addressing animal welfare challenges in South Africa. The annual platform brought together leaders from animal welfare, government,…
Wilson the rhino calf, succumbed to injuries
Wilson is an orphaned white rhino calf, who lost his mother at a South African game reserve. Animal Survival International said this week, he was found collapsed and gravely injured,…
Tambourine dove, among wildlife snapped by hidden cameras at the Gouritz Reserve
Camera traps in the Gouritz Biosphere Reserve, caught various wildlife on the move. The camera at Brothers Coffee captured porcupine and mongoose, quietly making use of the landscape. A Tambourine…
Stranded humpback whale off Germany to be towed to North Sea
This article was published by the German News Service (dpa). A humpback whale stranded off the Baltic Sea island of Poel is set to be towed to the North Sea…