Lost fynbos seeds from underground ‘time capsules’ in South Africa can grow again – new study
Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only ...
I camped with the world’s first all-female anti-poaching unit in South Africa
This is my first and only night camping in the depths of the Kruger. But for my fellow campmates, this is just part of the ...
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Vicious hyena victims relieves horror attack
The Standard STELLA Muzambi, a resident of Quarry in Kariba rural, is currently hospitalised at Parirenyatwa Hospital, ...
Ruthless England sign off in style with Wales thrashing but Six Nations title slips away
The hosts ran riot on their way to 10 tries to put the pressure on France, but Les Bleus’ win over Scotland secured the ...
Unstoppable Rhino: Wild Video Captures Its Courageous Stand Against an Entire Lion Pride
An amazing video filmed by a traveler in South Africa depicts a wild showdown between a large male rhino and a pride of lions ...
New fossils reveal Paranthropus robustus walked upright like modern humans
Researcher Cazenave emphasizes, "these fossils show that this species, comparable to modern humans, walked upright but was ...
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Scientists Make an Unprecedented Fossil Discovery Along South Africa’s Coast
Scientists have uncovered an extremely rare fossil discovery along South Africa’s Cape coast, revealing traces of a ...
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‘Dietary fingerprints’ show our early ancestors dined mostly on plant-based foods
For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.
Rare aardvark trace fossils discovered in South Africa
A recent study published in Quaternary Research describes the discovery and identification of possible aardvark tracks and ...
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Elisabeth Vrba obituary: palaeontologist who solved a problem that vexed Darwin
The biologist’s theories about how environments prompt rapid species evolution and extinction propelled her onto the world ...
I spent a week on safari in South Africa. The bathroom situation wasn't that bad, and we got wildly close to animals.
When I went on safari for the first time in South Africa, I learned surprising things about the bathroom situation, food, ...
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The devil dreams in charcoal: In Faustus in Africa!, puppets plunder humanity’s soul
Forget Goethe, never mind Marlowe: this revival and reworking of the 1995 production of ‘Faustus in Africa!’ is from another dimension. It features live actors, charcoal animations and astonishing ...