A couple of photographs from Botswana have proved to be amongst the most popular featured by National Geographic on Instagram, during the last year. Moraine Lake in Canada is the magazine’s most liked photo for 2016 with over 1.4 million likes; and in second place – with 1,390,429 million likes is Botswana’s Okavango Delta. The photo, by Frans Lanting, shows […]

Somewhere far away in the Czech Republic is a young graffiti artist whose artwork on the walls of Prague show how his heart bleeds for Africa and the plight of its wildlife. In May this year, Pavel Cisarovsky from Prague happened across the story of Satao on the internet. Satao was the well-known Kenyan elephant, with tusks […]

The anti-poaching war in South Africa just got a new recruit – a wide area surveillance system, known as the Postcode Meerkat, which was launched in Kruger National Park (KNP) on Wednesday night. And the funding behind it is thanks to lottery players in the UK! The Postcode Meerkat comprises a suite of radar and electro-optic […]

Below is a sad, honest insight into the world of conservation in South Africa. This letter, written by journalist and conservationist JOHANN BOTHA on his Facebook timeline is about the penguins, but those fighting to save the rhino from extinction say it sums up how they are feeling too… WHY THE PENGUINS MUST DIE – by […]

A large pride of lions brought traffic to a halt in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, after they’d hunted and killed a buffalo. The lions then settled in for a long lunch… right in the middle of the road. The incident occurred near Satara Rest Camp in South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park and took place in […]

Springbok legend Tendai “The Beast” Mtawarira gets hands on with South African YouTube sensation Dingo as they wrestle the largest reticulated python currently being kept in Africa. “These snakes are the longest in the world and have the most painful bite of any python,” says Graham ‘Dingo’ Dinkelman (36), a father of three. Dingo’s a self-taught animal […]

It was SO hot today in Gauteng that even the ostriches took to the water. Although the big winged birds can’t fly, they can swim… but it’s a rare and special occurrence. RIA VILJOEN caught the magical scene at Moreleta Nature Reserve as the ostriches – and their chicks – took a dip to cool […]

A new video documentary exposes the sewage crisis in Cape Town’s beautiful ocean, which is increasing as the population grows. (Watch below.) Every day, millions of litres of untreated waste-water is being discharged from the famous and fabulous Camps Bay region into South Africa’s marine reserve… Well known local marine conservation photographer Jean Tresfon first brought the […]

Research in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, shows that ivory poaching leads to higher proportions of tusk-less elephants. The findings by Elephant Voice Co-Founder Joyce Poole have made headlines around the world, featured by mainstream media from National Geographic to the London Times. In a Facebook post a few days ago, Elephant Voice – a non-profit elephant research and […]

Johannesburg-based artist Di Wilkinson completed a beautiful platter – featuring the precious and ruthlessly poached pangolin – the day before she was admitted to hospital for ongoing treatment regarding a life-threatening condition. While Di has been facing extraordinary hurdles in her own battle for survival, and has lost both kidneys, she has focused her attention […]

There’s a post going viral on Facebook at the moment that says: “Here’s what happens when you don’t know who you are messing with.” Along with the caption are two pictures of a buffalo picking on a baby elephant… And two photos of an adult elephant appearing to retaliate by throwing the buffalo high in […]

When that super pod of humpback whales cruised into Cape Town this weekend, THOMAS PRYOR grabbed his surf ski and headed out for an unforgettable experience paddling with the whales. Here’s his story… Sunday Brunch Buffet with Whales in the Western Cape… by Thomas Pryor I had managed to see the whales off Sea Point on Saturday. I was with […]

A couple of visitors to a South African nature reserve felt “blessed” recently with the incredible once-in-a-lifetime viewing of a newborn baby elephant. Richard and Magdalene Deetlefs made the rare sighting whilst on safari in KwaZulu-Natal. They estimate the calf was just minutes old and filmed it “as it tries to find its bearing”. (It […]

South Africa’s legendary mainly-female anti-poaching team – the Black Mambas – are set to be immortalised on screen in a new Hollywood movie produced by actress Jessica Chastain. The IndieWire has reported that two-time Oscar nominee Jessica, more famous for her acting than producing, has teamed up with ‘The Walking Dead’ star Danai Gurira who will […]

A large pod of migrating humpback whales were captured beautifully on a 4K drone video yesterday by videographer, vlogger and drone enthusiast KIERAN DONNELLY. Kieran caught the pod on film as they migrated south past Cape Town. He says there were at least 60 whales. “Shot this UNREAL video of a pod of humpbacks yesterday,” […]

A highly venomous Snouted Cobra has been on the loose in an apartment block in Lynnwood Glen in Pretoria since Thursday. Residents were advised to keep their toilet lids and bathroom doors closed to prevent it from entering into other areas of the flats. Snake handler Barry Greenshields, who identified the snake on Thursday, said he has never […]

A South African welding inspector, Wikus Ceronie, got the fright of his life yesterday morning when an angry hippo attacked his car while crossing the Kruger National Park border. Wikus was crossing the Jozini Dam, on his way back to South Africa from his first time ever working in Mozambique. He was cruising merrily along in his […]

The trial of alleged rhino poaching kingpin, Dumisani Gwala, at KwaZulu-Natal’s Ngwelezana courthouse has been “postponed AGAIN”, according to Saving the Wild’s founder Jamie Joseph. “Defense is making a mockery of justice system,” Jamie tweeted Friday, after yet another postponement in the trial. Jamie said: “It appears Gwala’s defense attorney is having difficulties understanding instructions. […]

Tragically, the rhino named ‘Hope’ – which made headlines around the world after surviving a brutal poaching attack in April 2015 – has passed away. Wildlife film-maker Adrian Steirn said: “Devastating news. Hope has died. She endured so many operations and so much pain that part of me is relieved that her pain is finally over. “She […]

Visitors to Cape Town’s Victoria and Alfred Waterfront were treated over the past few days to an extremely rare sighting of a Dwarf Sperm whale – the smallest whale species in the world. V&A visitors often spot marine animals like Cape fur seals frolicking in its harbour, but this was extra special as Dwarf Sperm whales are […]

State Security Minister David Mahlobo has dismissed allegations linking him to an alleged rhino horn trafficker. An Al Jazeera documentary, The Poacher’s Pipeline, implicated the Minister, alleging that he has close ties with the illegal rhino horn trader. The Minister said in a statement that the basis of this connection was said to be his visits […]

South Africa’s Minister of State Security, David Mahlobo, has been implicated in an investigative documentary into rhino poaching in South Africa. Members of the Chinese President’s delegation also allegedly went on an illegal spending spree in South Africa to buy ivory and rhino horn and smuggled the products back to China, according to revelations to be […]

While Gauteng is getting battered by storms, the Western Cape experienced its own gale force winds today, causing big swells and waves at Kalk Bay Harbour in South Africa. RONEL ERLANK SLABBERT captured the waves, the sand blowing across the R310 and a very happy seal… This morning the winds in the Western Cape were predicted […]

A rhino poacher in KwaZulu-Natal was shot dead whilst poaching rhino in South Africa’s iSimangaliso Wetland Park on Thursday. iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority confirmed that on the evening of Thursday 3rd November, game rangers monitoring a group of four rhino on the Eastern Shores section of the Park, intercepted two men. According to a statement, issued on behalf of the […]

Dolphins diving in and out of the water Monday afternoon at Fish Hoek in the Western Cape, South Africa, were having such a good time – putting on a spectacular display – that one of them unfortunately beached itself. NIGEL RILEY captured the action… “It is not often one sees this, let alone captures it,” says Nigel. “The dolphins […]