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Durban - A French-based exploration company has been granted a permit to extend its hunt for gas and oil in a massive chunk of sea off the KwaZulu-Natal coastline. The Paris-based company, CGG Services, is understood to be exploring the seabed on behalf of Sasol Petroleum...

Islamic extremists al-Shabaab receive a large amount of money through ivory and rhino horn smuggling, Beeld reported on Wednesday. This is according to the international Environmental Investigation Agency. "Up to 40% of al-Shabaab's money comes from ivory-users and buyers," the EIA said...

A fisherman drowned, another is missing feared drowned and four were rescued off Hangklip near Hermanus on Monday when their boat capsized. National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesman Craig Lambinon said the men were from the Strand. “The NSRI did a search...

More than 80 elephants have died as a result of cyanide poisoning at the Hwange National Park, in what is being described as a serious crisis for the park. Nine suspected members of a poaching syndicate have been arrested since the first of the elephant carcasses were discovered late last...

South Africa celebrated World Rhino Day on Sunday by clocking up the bloodiest rhino poaching statistics in more than a century. Until five years ago, poaching rates across the country had seldom exceeded 20 rhinos a year. But since 2008 the killing rate has...

Poachers have killed a record 688 rhinos in South Africa so far this year, more than the entire number slaughtered in 2012, according to figures issued on Sunday, World Rhino Day.South Africa is home to the world's biggest rhinoceros population but killings have surged in recent years to...

The South African government will not allow the rhino to become extinct, the department of environmental affairs said on Sunday. “I can assure you that we will not allow rhino to become extinct on our watch,” Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said at a world...

Possessing and using rhino horn in Vietnam is illegal – but there has not been a single prosecution in that country for this widely committed offence. And while buyers and users of rhino horn are aware they are breaking the law, they are proud to talk about it...

SA National Parks (SANParks) has enlisted the help of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to fight rhino and perlemoen poachers, it was announced on Sunday. The Kruger National Park would be the initial focus of their five-year strategic technology...

The impact of poaching in South Africa could soon take its toll on one of the country’s most lucrative sectors, namely tourism, the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa) warned on Friday. Wessa said according to a number of reports this is already happening in Tanzania...

Conservationists fear money donated by the public to help save the endangered rhino, could be lining the pockets of opportunistic fly-by-nights posing as NGOs. Bandile Mkhize, chief executive of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, said “everyone was jumping on the bandwagon”...

Which metal tubing/piping can be used on a ski boat? I have read some info on the USA sites, but would like to know if anyone is using them on their boats?

World RHINO DAY is on 22 September - it's aim is to raise awareness about one of the most endangered animals on our planet - the White and Black Rhino - attacked by poachers under the false perception that its horns have medicinal properties. As they saying goes, knowledge is power, take a...

A fire broke out this morning on the Scarabeo 5 rig in the Keppel Verolme yard in the Netherlands. According to reports, three persons have been injured. The fire was caused by a gas leak in the drilling rig, VG.no reports. In an e-mail sent to Offshore Energy Today, Keppel said that only one...

There’s something about that viciously efficient combination of grasping pincers and curved sting that sparks terror in the human brain. But as long as you apply a smidgen of common sense, the chances of getting fatally stung by a scorpion in Southern Africa are in fact very low. South...

Spiders belong to the class of mainly terrestrial Arthropods known as Arachnida. Medically significant classes of arachnids include spiders, ticks & mites and scorpions. Unfortunately through myths, legends and nowadays media, spiders have gained a reputation for being dangerous and harmful...

The festive season is approaching and many South Africans have already made their holiday plans. The ‘great outdoors’ has always held attraction, with camping close to nature and the bushveld being popular choices. South Africa has few dangerous animals, but does have several venomous...

Eureka Skydeck 88, Melbourne: The observation deck occupies the entire 88th floor of the Eureka Tower and is the highest public vantage point in a building in the Southern Hemisphere at 285 m. A glass cube projects 3 m out from the building, suspended almost 300 m above the ground. When you...

Sydney - Scientists studying remote reefs off Australia said on Thursday sharks played a fundamental role in coral health, with overfishing of the marine predators increasing reef vulnerability to global warming and disasters. A research team, led by Mark Meekan from the Australian...