BirdLife South Africa publishes revised Red Data Book highlighting urgent bird conservation crisis in Southern Africa
BirdLife South Africa celebrates the ruling to save imperilled site
African penguin conservation wins with new fishing exclusion zones around key breeding islands
The applicants argue that the forestry, fisheries and environment minister’s interim fishing closures are ‘biologically meaningless’
Lab findings suggest botulism as the cause of the bird deaths, made worse by sewage from the Homevale wastewater treatment works
Conservation efforts pay off for the southern bald ibis, now downlisted to near threatened after decades of protection
Tagged by BirdLife SA, Hera completed a 10 000 km journey from Limpopo to her breeding ground in Uzbekistan
The applicants in landmark lawsuit are waiting for a favourable settlement proposal from the Dion George’s legal team
Outgoing minister accused of placing fishing industry interests above the survival of penguins
There are only about 340 individual Botha’s Larks left in the wild
Making the discovery was awful, said seabird conservationist at pioneering colony
The closures sound the ‘death knell’ for the seabirds
The bodies of numerous bee-eaters and swallows who had migrated from the Northern Hemisphere were found around the country
Bateleur, with its distinctive plumage and graceful flight pattern, is under threat
A fishing association has said it is concerned about the endangered penguins, but that the limits on fishing must not threaten the industry
Seabirds, many of them globally threatened, are sitting ducks for the rodents who are eating them alive
The population of the endangered seabirds has plummeted to a record low
So far, 148 juvenile African penguins have been released at De Hoop Nature Reserve in a bid to establish a new breeding colony
Over the past six years, three oil spills have occurred as a direct result of fuel ship-to-ship bunkering
Changes in agriculture will affect blue cranes and heat stress will harm Cape rockjumpers that are already found at higher altitudes
Spills and pollution would harm the Okavango Delta and the Tsodilo Hills world heritage sites
Refusal of project shows there is ‘no space for tick-box exercises’ by environmental consultants
The causes include commercial fishing near their colonies and a scarcity of sardines and anchovies
The departments of environment and agriculture legislation are at odds over modifying the genes of wild animals
Coalition fighting planned underground colliery in Mpumalanga wins a round against Uthaka Energy in court
Controversial Eastern Cape project poses high risks to threatened birds of prey
The project poses a risk to declining great white pelican population at Dassen Island
Despite the state’s commitments to protecting water sources, an MEC is exploiting a loophole to allow a mine linked to the Zuma family to proceed
Researchers say the computer model is a ‘win-win’ for eagles and wind farm developers
Secretary birds, martial eagles and bateleurs are now listed as globally endangered
Drought or poor infrastructure — What is the cause of all the flamingo drama in the Northern Cape?
250 out of almost 2000 chicks have been relocated to uShaka following rising heat and dropping water levels at Kamfers Dam