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Article Sapa - 5 Sep 2012

Poachers in Zimbabwe have poisoned 183 vultures in a single event, in an attempt to prevent authorities from being alerted to their own whereabouts.

Article Sipho Kings - 4 Sep 2012

With food prices already soaring around the world, the future looks bleak for SA, too, as the price of staple foods could more than double by 2030.

Article Sapa - 3 Sep 2012

Fifteen penguins have been captured on Robben Island and treated after being covered with oil following a spill on the Cape Town coastline.

Article Sapa - 28 Aug 2012

A runaway hippo wallowing in a Cape Town lake will soon be sent away to a game reserve - if he can be captured safely, a tricky business at best.

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Aug 2012

Economists have warned that carbon pricing will damage South Africa's economic growth and global competitiveness.

Article Fiona Macleod - 10 Aug 2012

The birth control vaccine for elephants has been shown to be 95% effective and is far more preferable to culling, researchers say.

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Aug 2012

A big expansion of Antarctica's ice almost a million years ago may help scientists predict modern climate change, a study has shown.

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