By Emily Kudze Plant poaching: The implications go beyond biodiversity to poverty, dignity and rights 4 min 0 13 July 2026
ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS Gauteng’s rivers of filth — how broken pipes and sluggish justice poison waterways 5 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
R17-BILLION SWEETENER Durban rolls out red carpet for UPL as prosecutors dither over chemical inferno charges 5 min 2 By Tony Carnie
NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET The horse, the hippo and the sulky chimp: Darwin’s contribution to animal sentience 7 min 1 By Don Pinnock
THREAT TIMELINE ‘Godzilla’ El Niño: What it is, why it matters, and our complete coverage 4 min 0 By Daily Maverick
DYING IN SILENCE OP-ED The 951 dead elephants in the Kruger Park and a question everyone should be asking 5 min 4 By Adam Cruise
VIDEO Watch – Is Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden dying from the inside? 4 min 0 By Don Pinnock
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Let’s talk ‘lethal control’ — Ezemvelo wants to cull 1,220 elephants 7 min 1 By Don Pinnock
HORNS OF DILEMMA High court dismisses appeal against rhino horn exports, reigniting hot-button issue 6 min 4 By Ed Stoddard
FLIGHT UNSEEN My great gannet getaway — or, a morality tale about greedy expectation 7 min 3 By John Yeld
RIGHTS PROTECTION Climate change neglect is driving a crisis in public health and education 6 min 0 By Jonathan West and Thato Gaffane
PRIMATE SOLUTION OP-ED Baboon-proof logic: Why a Simon’s Town fence is better than removing the Waterfall, Seaforth troops 12 min 0 By David Gaynor
MANAGEMENT RESEARCH Tree cover increasing in Kruger Park despite elephant pressure in some areas 6 min 0 By Don Pinnock
COASTLINE UNDER SIEGE Ocean scramble — inside the high-stakes battles for SA’s offshore hydrocarbons 8 min 6 By Lerato Mutsila
By David Zimmerman Let nature be nature: Why SANParks doesn’t always intervene in wildlife disease 3 min 0 28 June 2026
POLAR POLITICS Antarctica’s ‘Ice Curtain’ actually cracks as secretive Treaty meeting minutes released in record time 6 min 0 By Tiara Walters
POLAR POLITICS Hiroshima to Hazyview diplomacy cracks — Antarctic scientist’s detention exposes DA’s Russia problem 8 min 2 By Tiara Walters
FOSSIL EVIDENCE No males found as Homo naledi discovery deepens evolutionary puzzle 7 min 2 By Elsabé Brits
DISASTER PLANNING UN launches unprecedented El Niño ‘anticipatory appeal’ as ‘Godzilla’ fears mount 4 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
Wildlife Governance Will SA’s new elephant strategy truly safeguard their future? 6 min 0 By Don Pinnock
