12+ hour, 12+ min ago   (529+ words) Africa is home to some remarkably unusual animals who have evolved extraordinary physical features to help them find food, navigate their surroundings or survive in challenging habitats. Others simply look as though they were designed with an unusually vivid imagination....

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (449+ words) Picture: Cape of Good Hope SPCA / Facebook The operation underscores urgent concerns regarding the regulation of animal keeping on residential properties across the city. The case highlights the challenges faced when individuals operate unofficial rescues from their homes, with one…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1445+ words) Across South Africa, animals arrive from extraordinary distances. Some have crossed continents, while others have travelled from the cold waters of the Southern Ocean or moved south in response to seasonal food and breeding opportunities. Their journeys bring swallows back…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1154+ words) They may have an unfortunate reputation as bald, grim-looking birds that circle overhead waiting for something to die, but vultures are among nature’s most remarkable specialists. These highly adapted scavengers can soar for hours without much effort, digest carrion that…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1645+ words) Across the continent, wildlife has found ways to survive in some of the planet’s harshest environments. There are animals navigating deserts where water is scarce, predators living thousands of metres above sea level, birds gathering on salt pans that can…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (740+ words) South Africa’s wildlife map is full of surprises. Beyond lions, elephants and rhinos are tiny frogs, secretive rabbits, mountain birds and reptiles that can make a particular landscape their only home. This means a wildlife trip does not always have…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (297+ words) In the heart of western Zambia lies a wilderness of extraordinary scale, diversity and possibility. Kafue National Park, Zambia’s largest national park, stretches across an immense 22,400 square kilometres and forms part of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA), one…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (521+ words) More than 19 000 dogs and cats have been sterilised through Cape Town’s Mass Animal Sterilisation Project (MASP), with the latest campaign set to focus on communities across Subcouncil 11 from September. The initiative has recorded 19 376 sterilised animals since the partnership began in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (592+ words) A barn owl has been rescued after becoming stranded about 70 miles from shore and seeking refuge aboard a boat carrying British Army soldiers competing in a race around Britain and Ireland. Image of barn owl used for illustrative purposes/Steven…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (453+ words) A new four-part National Geographic series is set to take viewers deep into the Maasai Mara for the remarkable story of Kio, a lion cub whose journey could eventually see him become a king. Kio is still adjusting to life…...