Official statistics show poachers killed 352 of the animals last year compared to 420 in 2024, with 175 of the deaths taking place in the Kruger.

Conservationists earlier warned that human beings posed a greater danger to animals than any adverse weather systems.

Recently appointed Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister Willie Aucamp had probably one of his best days in office to date when telling South Africa, ...

A wild male elephant killed a tourist at Khao Yai National Park in central Thailand yesterday (February 2), marking the third ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

Tropical cyclone Gezani has claimed the lives of nine people after making landfall on Madagascar 's eastern coastline, leaving a trail of devastation in the island nation's second-largest city.

The Mpumalanga Department of Health alerts communities to the high risk of Malaria infection in the aftermath of floods, which have resulted in standing water that facilitates the breeding of malaria ...

Lorna McSorley vanished while staying at the Ghost Mountain Inn in Mkuze, South Africa last September.

The Game Rangers Association of Africa is calling on governments, funders and conservation groups to lend more support to ...

British grandmother 'murdered in witchcraft killing' after vanishing on South Africa holiday walk - Lorna McSorley, 71, vanished while on a two-week break with her partner Leon Probert last September ...

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The intensity of heavy downpours has increased by 40% since pre-industrial times, with some areas receiving more than a year’s rain in just days ...