|
Rhino-poaching suspect, repeatedly freed on bail, shot dead in South Africa 23 May 2026 02:29:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/rhino-poaching-suspect-repeatedly-freed-on-bail-shot-dead-in-south-africa/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South Africa declares natural disaster as flooding kills at least 10 12 May 2026 18:05:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/south-africa-declares-natural-disaster-as-flooding-kills-at-least-10/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
From Africa to Central Asia, the European roller’s migration builds relationships 09 May 2026 07:05:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/from-africa-to-central-asia-the-european-rollers-migration-builds-relationships/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
The value of South Africa’s wildlife shouldn’t be in the hands of wealthy foreign hunters (commentary) 30 Apr 2026 12:07:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/the-value-of-south-africas-wildlife-shouldnt-be-in-the-hands-of-wealthy-foreign-hunters-commentary/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Restoring land with wildlife & earning carbon credits in the Kalahari Desert 27 Apr 2026 21:12:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/restoring-land-with-wildlife-earning-carbon-credits-in-the-kalahari-desert/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Little-known company targets South African biodiversity hotspot for mining 23 Apr 2026 10:04:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/little-known-company-targets-south-african-biodiversity-hotspot-for-mining/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
How much does a penguin weigh? 22 Apr 2026 16:01:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/how-much-does-a-penguin-weigh/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Chinese court cases reveal most trafficked rhino horns come from Southern Africa 21 Apr 2026 19:22:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/chinese-court-cases-reveal-most-trafficked-rhino-horns-come-from-southern-africa/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
A campaign to protect one of the planet’s only expanding kelp forests takes shape 21 Apr 2026 12:32:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/a-campaign-to-protect-one-of-the-planets-only-expanding-kelp-forests-takes-shape/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
A South African reserve shows how carbon can catalyze rewilding conservation 27 Mar 2026 17:06:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/a-south-african-reserve-shows-how-carbon-can-catalyze-rewilding-conservation/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Investigation of permit violations in South Africa’s shark fishery pending 27 Mar 2026 12:54:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/investigation-of-permit-violations-in-south-africas-shark-fishery-pending/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Another legal challenge for TotalEnergies in South Africa 24 Mar 2026 20:33:06 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/another-legal-challenge-for-totalenergies-in-south-africa/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Glyphosate found in South African baby cereal; watchdog group calls for ban 16 Mar 2026 17:30:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/glyphosate-found-in-south-african-baby-cereal-watchdog-group-calls-for-ban/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South Africa endorses treaty to triple global nuclear energy capacity by 2050 13 Mar 2026 16:47:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/south-africa-endorses-treaty-to-triple-global-nuclear-energy-capacity-by-2050/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Proposed shark net near Club Med resort in South Africa sparks conservation clash 04 Mar 2026 15:18:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/proposed-shark-net-near-club-med-resort-in-south-africa-sparks-conservation-clash/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Displaced for conservation, South Africa’s Thonga try to keep a fishing tradition alive 02 Mar 2026 07:00:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/displaced-for-conservation-south-africas-thonga-try-to-keep-unique-fishing-traditions-alive/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Africa’s vulture safe zones face tough test across vast landscapes 19 Feb 2026 10:39:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/africas-vulture-safe-zones-face-tough-test-across-vast-landscapes/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Southern elephant seals recover in Southern Africa, but global picture is mixed 18 Feb 2026 07:07:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/southern-elephant-seals-recover-in-southern-africa-but-global-picture-is-mixed/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
UN recognition is latest boost to restoring spekboom across South Africa’s semidesert Karoo 17 Feb 2026 12:40:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/un-recognition-is-latest-boost-to-restoring-spekboom-across-south-africas-semidesert-karoo/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Citizen science rediscovers rare South African moth 11 Feb 2026 13:00:22 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/citizen-science-rediscovers-rare-south-african-moth/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Unidentified oil washes up on South African beaches 10 Feb 2026 14:59:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/unidentified-oil-washes-up-on-south-african-beaches/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
After intense flooding, Kruger National Park rushes to repair damage 06 Feb 2026 23:07:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/after-intense-flooding-kruger-national-park-rushes-to-repair-damage/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South Africa’s great white shark population worries researchers 13 Jan 2026 20:43:40 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/south-africas-great-white-shark-population-worries-researchers/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Photos: Kew Gardens’ top 10 newly named plants and fungi for 2025 12 Jan 2026 23:24:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/photos-kew-gardens-top-10-newly-named-plants-and-fungi-for-2025/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Helping Cape Town’s toads cross the road: Interview with Andrew Turner 08 Jan 2026 19:48:03 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/helping-cape-towns-toads-cross-the-road-interview-with-andrew-turner/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
William Bond, grasslands researcher who reminded conservation that context matters, has died 24 Dec 2025 08:03:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/william-bond-grasslands-researcher-who-reminded-conservation-that-context-matters-has-died/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Cape Town’s new plan for baboons: Fence, capture and possibly euthanize 24 Dec 2025 04:58:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/cape-towns-new-plan-for-baboons-fence-capture-and-possibly-euthanize/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
New study splits giraffe experts on future wild captures for zoos 18 Dec 2025 15:05:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/new-study-splits-giraffe-experts-on-future-wild-captures-for-zoos/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South Africa considers site near African penguin colony for third nuclear power plant 16 Dec 2025 06:29:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/south-africa-considers-site-near-african-penguin-colony-for-third-nuclear-power-plant/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South Africa withdraws abalone listing even as illegal trade threatens species 08 Dec 2025 10:32:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/south-africa-withdraws-abalone-listing-even-as-illegal-trade-threatens-species/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Botanists decode secret life of rare plants to ensure reintroduction success 25 Nov 2025 16:42:38 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/botanists-decode-secret-life-of-rare-plants-to-ensure-reintroduction-success/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Lesotho communities allege greenwashing by project transferring water to South Africa 21 Nov 2025 17:31:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/lesotho-communities-allege-greenwashing-by-project-transferring-water-to-south-africa/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South Africa to lift fracking moratorium in Karoo Basin, despite concerns 17 Nov 2025 11:11:08 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/south-africa-to-lift-fracking-moratorium-in-karoo-basin-despite-concerns/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Radioactive rhinos (cartoon) 11 Nov 2025 17:34:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/custom-story/2025/11/radioactive-rhinos-cartoon/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Coal-dependent South Africa struggles to make just energy transition real 11 Nov 2025 12:36:08 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/coal-dependent-south-africa-struggles-to-make-just-energy-transition-real/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
‘We are just waiting to die’: Mining activists targeted as South Africa delays energy transition 23 Oct 2025 09:59:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/we-are-just-waiting-to-die-mining-activists-targeted-as-south-africa-delays-energy-transition/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South African sharks threatened by fisheries, weak enforcement 20 Oct 2025 14:41:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/south-african-sharks-threatened-by-fisheries-weak-enforcement/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South Africa court halts natural gas power plant project, cites climate commitments 20 Oct 2025 09:12:38 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/south-africa-court-halts-natural-gas-power-plant-project-cites-climate-commitments/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Voices from the Land 15 Oct 2025 04:57:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/specials/2025/10/voices-from-the-land/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Indigenous consent isn’t a ‘box-ticking’ exercise: Voices from the land (commentary) 06 Oct 2025 07:00:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/voices-from-the-land-indigenous-consent-isnt-a-box-ticking-exercise-commentary/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South African Wild Coast communities challenge Shell in Constitutional Court 18 Sep 2025 23:09:45 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/south-african-wild-coast-communities-challenge-shell-in-constitutional-court/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Mass vulture poisonings expose need for cross-border action in Southern Africa 18 Sep 2025 16:15:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/mass-vulture-poisonings-expose-need-for-cross-border-action-in-southern-africa/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Poisoning crisis could drive vulture extinction in South Africa’s Kruger region 16 Sep 2025 08:53:49 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/poisoning-crisis-could-drive-vulture-extinction-in-south-africas-kruger-region/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
A nest with a chick brings rare hope for hooded vultures in South Africa 16 Sep 2025 08:12:49 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/a-nest-with-a-chick-brings-rare-hope-for-hooded-vultures-in-south-africa/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Elephant culling plan in South Africa faces backlash over welfare concerns 04 Sep 2025 10:16:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/elephant-culling-plan-in-south-africa-faces-backlash-over-welfare-concerns/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Cape Town faces backlash over proposal to kill baboons 29 Aug 2025 21:08:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/cape-town-faces-backlash-over-proposal-to-kill-baboons/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Scientists decode the unusual silver-blue color of an ancient South African plant 29 Aug 2025 16:04:22 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/scientists-decode-the-unusual-silver-blue-color-of-an-ancient-south-african-plant/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Donovan Kirkwood, protector of South Africa’s rarest plants, dies aged 54 in search for one of the world’s most endangered species 29 Aug 2025 15:22:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/donovan-kirkwood-protector-of-south-africas-rarest-plants-dies-at-51-in-search-for-one-of-the-worlds-most-endangered-species/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
To save a rare South African ecosystem, conservationists bought the land 22 Aug 2025 08:51:17 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/to-save-a-rare-south-african-ecosystem-conservationists-bought-the-land/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Rhino breeder John Hume accused of horn trafficking, arrested in South Africa 21 Aug 2025 16:39:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/rhino-breeder-john-hume-accused-of-horn-trafficking-arrested-in-south-africa/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
As climate change burdens grow, community mental health alarm bells ring 14 Aug 2025 18:32:38 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/as-climate-change-burdens-grow-community-mental-health-alarm-bells-ring/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
First record of Cape clawless otter preying on African penguins: Study 31 Jul 2025 07:18:26 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/first-record-of-cape-clawless-otter-preying-on-african-penguins-study/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Sharon Haussmann, guardian of rhinos, died on May 31, aged 51 24 Jul 2025 11:00:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/sharon-haussmann-guardian-of-rhinos-died-on-may-31-aged-51/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South Africa to ban highly toxic pesticide Terbufos 02 Jul 2025 12:03:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/south-africa-to-ban-highly-toxic-pesticide-terbufos/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Blue cranes now listed as vulnerable in South Africa 01 Jul 2025 20:47:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/blue-cranes-now-listed-as-vulnerable-in-south-africa/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
South Africa declares national disaster as flooding death toll rises to 92 19 Jun 2025 22:32:49 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/south-africa-declares-national-disaster-as-flooding-death-toll-rises-to-92/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
To reduce rhino poaching — by a lot — cut off their horns, study says 17 Jun 2025 12:48:38 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/to-reduce-rhino-poaching-by-a-lot-cut-off-their-horns-study-says/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods leave at least 49 dead 13 Jun 2025 04:20:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/rescuers-in-south-africa-search-for-the-missing-after-floods-leave-at-least-49-dead/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Death of tagged white shark on bather protection gear in South Africa sparks debate 11 Jun 2025 11:33:03 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/death-of-tagged-white-shark-on-bather-protection-gear-in-south-africa-sparks-debate/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |
|
Seventy southern white rhinos arrive at their new home in Rwanda from South Africa 10 Jun 2025 16:27:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/seventy-southern-white-rhinos-arrive-at-their-new-home-in-rwanda-from-south-africa/ | ||
| Search Facebook | Check Twitter | |