South Africa

Part of a shipment of 33 rhino horns seized by Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department is displayed during a news conference in Hong Kong

Why Is the Illicit Rhino Horn Trade Escalating?

Jacques Rigoulet 25/04/2017

Rhino horn trade continues to be a highly lucrative...

FILE PHOTO - A male elephant grazes during an exercise to fit them with advanced satellite radio tracking collar to monitor their movement at the Amboseli National Park in Kenya

Elephants May Sleep Less Than Any Other Mammal

Will Dunham 03/03/2017

Scientists have found that the world's largest land mammal...

Rhino cub at Kaziranga.

Fighting Rhino Poaching in India

Giovanni Ortolani 13/02/2017

A DNA profiling tool developed in South Africa could...

Southern African Women Fight Climate Change Through Smart Farming

Jeffrey Moyo 25/01/2017

Facing incessant droughts due to climate change, many women...

Explainer: The How, What and Why of the Latest HIV Vaccine Trial

Linda-Gail Bekker 03/11/2016

As the global quest for an HIV vaccine continues,...

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With the Paris Agreement, India Has Signed off on the First Phase of Its Climate Diplomacy

Arun Mohan Sukumar 06/10/2016

Its political manoeuvring may have saved the day, but...

Madagascar’s Largest Tortoise Could Become Extinct In 2 Years

Shreya Dasgupta 30/09/2016

Fewer than 100 ploughshare tortoises remain in the wild,...