South Africa is a hub for the international pet trade, with thousands of animals exported each year. Many of these are exotic ...

Four foreign nationals were last week sentenced for trying to smuggle thousands of live ants out of Kenya, with authorities ...

Every third Friday of May is Endangered Species Day. More than 900 known species are already extinct to date, while at least ...

Scientists added descriptive terms to the existing general Indigenous frog and reptile names to make them specific.

Some doubted the species ever existed at all. But the Endangered Wildlife Trust says two of its researchers have found and ...

South Africa's rangelands have always had great value for the country. These areas offer more than just grazing for livestock ...

The African wild dog is one of Africa's most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human ...

Western diets make up most of South Africa's food systems. This displaces indigenous crops and edible forest plants. The problems created by westernised diets include environmental damage caused ...

Researchers who were dropped off by helicopter in a largely inaccessible and remote canyon in South Africa say they have discovered a type of gecko that hadn't been seen in more than 30 years and was ...