Did you know that it takes three million steps to cover a distance of 3 000 kilometres? Social change adventurers Michael Baretta and Camilla Howard know all about it, with every last step their bruised and shin-splinted legs have taken over the past seven months. After 3 000 kilometres, they finally kicked off their shoes …
A lost whale brings new significance to Namibia’s coast
The confirmation, two days ago, of the presence of a grey whale in Walvis Bay, Namibia has caused some excitement not only locally but also throughout the international community of whale & dolphin researchers and beyond. Grey whales (scientific name: Eschrichtius robustus) used to inhabit the Atlantic, but were extinct by the 18th century, possibly …
Eco-Friendly Camp in the Greater Kruger
There are numerous lodges scattered throughout South Africa that label themselves ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘green’. But what do these terms mean? Eco-friendly is a broad term that is bandied about quite freely, but it is often misunderstood to mean ‘sustainable’. Lodges can be both eco-friendly and sustainable at the same time, but the two adjectives refer …
2 weekends, 4000 trees – Greenpop’s Reforest Fest at South Africa’s southern-most indigenous forest
Press Release courtesy of Greenpop Come experience and give back to the unique ecosystem and intense biodiversity of Platbos Forest – where Afromontane tree species combine with coastal forest tree species. For the third year running, Greenpop will be hosting the Reforest Fest in Platbos forest. This annual reforestation effort has seen over 3000 indigenous …
A Guide to SASSI Seafood
It is a well-known fact that, like it or not, all the choices we make have a corresponding set of consequences. This goes for large life-choices like whether to start a family, and seemingly small ones like what kind of sushi to order. What we don’t know is the size of these consequences. It may …
The Road to Maasailand
Eventually I have to admit that I’m lost. Bad news. The good news is that this doesn’t matter, the Kenya Airways pilots have done little wrong thus far, and I suspect that they have found Nairobi before. Huge lakes come and go below me, the land between them alternately crumpled with mountain ranges and smoothed with …
‘Her Deepness’ Dr Sylvia Earle launches Sea Pledge Coastal Tour
Make waves for our oceans by sharing what you know and protecting what you love… …in a collective effort to support coastal conservation in South Africa and to involve local communities whose livelihoods depend on our oceans! The Sea Pledge Saldanha to Sodwana Coastal Tour is a 2 000-kilometre journey and will offer amazing opportunities …
Rhino Fridays
Original source. When I was approached to write a short post for Rhino Friday, I mused a bit about which angle I would take. Being an engineer by training I could dig up a mountain of research and overpower you with facts and statistics and hypotheses…yet I felt I would approach this from a more …
Elephant Thandora on walk to freedom
Original source: News24 By Wallace du Plessis Thandora, the elephant re-introduced into the wild at the Gondwana Game Reserve near Mossel Bay after 23 years in captivity, was growing in confidence as she becomes accustomed to her new surroundings, an official said on Monday. According to John Vogel, Gondwana Game Reserve’s wildlife manager, “She was initially …
African Elephants Rediscover their Routes
We have come a long way since the days of the unregulated ivory trade and, although the decimation of Africa’s rhinos has hurtled to the forefront of environmental concern, there are slivers of light visible in the darkness that poaching has thrown over our continent. Find out more… For years we faced the murder of …
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Elephant ‘tramples to death suspected poacher’
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Anti-Poaching Breakthrough at Odzala-Kokoua National Park
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Leopard interacts strangely with a vehicle
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Eco-Friendly Camp in the Greater Kruger
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Proflight Zambia flies orphaned hippo to safety
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Elephant smashes car window
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Proflight Zambia flies orphaned hippo to safety
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Leopard interacts strangely with a vehicle
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Madagascar by the compass
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Elephant ‘tramples to death suspected poacher’
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ChipembeleWildlife: oops! That is Milk + eggs x 3 hourly = 16 eggs tot...
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ChipembeleWildlife: A huge thanks to ZAWA for permissions, Conservatio...
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Reinhard Buchcik: oa wuiderer weniga! It was bavarian dialect, do no...
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chris mountain: i could have not put it better myself...
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Doreen Sarasota FLA: ahhh sweet karma !...
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