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Somizi
lifestyle

Somizi gets his growl on: Watch ‘Idols SA’ judge’s close encounter with lion

India tiger deaths
Environment

Tiger conservation body confirms India saw 126 tiger deaths in 2021

See the best wildlife sightings of 2021
Lifestyle

WATCH: The best wildlife sightings of 2021

Somizi
Celeb News

Somizi gets his growl on: Watch ‘Idols SA’ judge’s close encounter with lion

India tiger deaths
Environment

Tiger conservation body confirms India saw 126 tiger deaths in 2021

See the best wildlife sightings of 2021
Lifestyle

WATCH: The best wildlife sightings of 2021

Cheetah snare
News

Cheetah dies after being trapped in snare, cubs stranded

By Weekend News Producer18-12-2021 17:08

Sickening!
A heartbreaking story involving one mother cheetah and her two cubs at a KwaZulu-Natal game reserve. Luckily it ended well.

Virtual game drive
Entertainment

Home Entertainment: Take a virtual game drive this Christmas

By Erene Roux16-12-2021 15:30

Did you know you can take a game drive from the comfort of your own couch this festive season? Here’s how:

South Africa snips lions to ma
Africa News

South Africa snips lions to manage species in small reserves

By Agence France-Presse15-12-2021 11:28

On the cusp of sexual maturity, a young lioness is about to be sterilised. It’s to prevent mating with her father and uncles, the only three wild males on this small South African reserve.

rhino poaching south africa
Africa News

US slaps visa restrictions on Congolese over wildlife trafficking

By Agence France-Presse14-12-2021 21:30

The United States has targeted eight people from the Democratic Republic of Congo with visa restrictions for their suspected role in illegal wildlife or timber trafficking, the State Department said.

Manatees
Environment

Florida manatees will be fed to prevent starvation

By AFP09-12-2021 14:42

In an ‘unprecedented’ plan, Florida manatees will be fed by wildlife officials in efforts to curb starvation.

A grey-headed bushshrike attacked a fruit bat that fell to the ground in the Kruger.
Environment

WATCH: Bushshrike attacks fruit bat in the Kruger

By Erene Roux09-12-2021 13:58

It was a ‘bird vs bat’ wildlife showdown when a grey-headed bushshrike attacked a fruit bat that fell to the ground!

rhino poaching south africa
News

Bad news for poachers: Vietnam slaps rhino horn trader with longest ever jail term

By Agence France-Presse08-12-2021 12:11

China and Vietnam remain lucrative markets for trading rhino horns, elephant tusks, pangolins and tiger parts.

WATCH: Buffalo refuses to back
Lifestyle

WATCH: Buffalo refuses to back down against 2.5-ton rhino in the Eastern Cape

By Erene Roux25-11-2021 16:04

Who will blink first? Watch as a brave buffalo refuse to back down against a rhino almost three times its size!

WATCH: Lioness sets her sights
Environment

WATCH: Lioness sets her sights on newborn giraffe in Kenya

By Erene Roux24-11-2021 14:06

A newborn giraffe only had the protection of its mother when it was spotted by a hungry lioness in a large national game reserve in Kenya.

WATCH: Cape leopard seen carry
Lifestyle

WATCH: Cape leopard seen carrying her cub in rare sighting near Tulbagh

By Erene Roux22-11-2021 15:21

A highly elusive Cape leopard was recently spotted carrying her cub near the Winelands of the Western Cape.

Shell
Environment

Doom looms for sea animals as Shell prepares for Wild Coast ocean blast

By Marilynn Manuel10-11-2021 14:23

Many are outraged by Shell’s alleged plans to blast through the Wild Coast during whale migration season in search of oil and gas.

WATCH: Leopard escapes with a
Environment

WATCH: Leopard escapes with a lion cub in rare wildlife sighting

By Erene Roux09-11-2021 12:03

In what is described as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime sighting’, a leopard escapes with a three-week-old lion cub in Tanzania.

Conserving energy to save our planet
Travel

Conserving energy to save our planet

By Pauline Torongo08-11-2021 13:27

The Red Carnation Hotels Collection look at its role in caring for the earth, to ensure the survival of tourist attractions.

Saved by the tree! Leopard cub
Environment

Saved by the tree! Leopard cub runs for its life from hyena [video]

By Erene Roux04-11-2021 12:30

In another exciting wildlife sighting, a leopard cub managed to escape a hungry hyena in the Kruger National Park.

Snap! Leopard cub drops impala
Lifestyle

Snap! Leopard cub drops impala on mom’s head [video]

By Erene Roux01-11-2021 12:25

Snap! A leopard recently showed off her impressive reflexes after a leopard cub dropped a whole impala on her.

‘Just cruising by’: Rare orca
Environment

‘Just cruising by’: Rare orca sighting off KZN South Coast [watch]

By Erene Roux29-10-2021 13:53

A pod of orcas were cruising in the wake of fisherman in what is said to be a rare sighting off the KZN South Coast.

LOOK: Max the Macaw receives n
Lifestyle

LOOK: Max the Macaw receives new lease on life with 3D-printed beak

By Erene Roux29-10-2021 12:08

Max, a blue and gold macaw, received a fully functional 3D-printed prosthetic beak after getting into two scuffles with other macaws.

WATCH: Hippo tries to rescue p
Environment

WATCH: Hippo tries to rescue pregnant impala from a wild dog, hyena

By Erene Roux28-10-2021 10:42

A video of a pregnant impala being hunted by a wild dog, hyena and a leopard is definitely not for the faint-hearted!

Baby rhino comforted by vet wh
Environment

Baby rhino comforted by vet while mother gets de-horned [watch]

By Erene Roux22-10-2021 11:26

A baby rhino was comforted while an anti-poaching unit proceeded to de-horn its mother in an effort to save the animal’s life:

The most brutal kill? Elephant
Lifestyle

The most brutal kill? Elephant attacks, kills a crocodile in Zambia [watch]

By Erene Roux19-10-2021 18:27

Pack a punch? More like pack a trunk! An elephant got very aggressive after a crocodile tried to harm her young calf in Zambia.

Elephant knocks down a massive
Lifestyle

Elephant knocks down a massive tree in the Kruger [watch]

By Erene Roux14-10-2021 13:51

You’ve got to love nature! An elephant was caught on camera knocking down a massive tree in the Kruger National Park.

Cheetahs return to Mozambique’
Environment

Cheetahs return to Mozambique’s Maputo Special Reserve after 60 years

By Erene Roux13-10-2021 15:32

Four cheetahs will soon grace the wildlife-rich plains of Maputo Special Reserve in southern Mozambique for the first time since the 1960s.

DRCONGO-UNREST-ECONOMY
Africa News

In eastern DR Congo, a business battles with violence and uncertainty

By AFP13-10-2021 11:51

After a period of reduced production at the chocolate factory, the machines have been running at full speed for a few months.

Ndakasi: Famous ‘selfie gorill
Lifestyle

Ndakasi: Famous ‘selfie gorilla’ dies in her caretaker’s arms

By Erene Roux08-10-2021 12:11

Congo’s Virunga National Park announced the death of their beloved orphaned mountain gorilla, Ndakasi, who rose to fame in 2019 when a “selfie” of her went viral on Earth Day.

Too close for comfort? Three l
Lifestyle

Too close for comfort? Three lions rub against a car in the Kruger

By Erene Roux06-10-2021 11:00

Always wanted to get up close and personal with the ‘King of the Jungle’? A new wildlife sighting shows three lions rub against a car in the Kruger.

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