The many frogs that occur in the Kruger National Park are just as important, ecologically, as the traditional Big Five, writes John Yeld.

The flight set a new absolute world distance record in solar aviation, organisers said.

An elephant has been gunned down in the Tembe Elephant Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal - heightening concern of surging black market prices for ivory.

The vast tornado that struck an Oklahoma suburb dwarfed even the Hiroshima atomic bomb in its destructive power.

A prototype barrier structure has been in the water for eight months and has been able to resist waves of up to 7m.

EU leaders agreed to face up to the challenge posed by the shale oil and gas revolution which has slashed US energy prices.

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife said it had found 11 poached rhino carcasses in different parts of the province.

An Australian zoo said the birth of a southern white rhino was a “sign of hope” for the species given the escalation of poaching in Africa.

The wind-farm would avoid nearly 4.7 million tons of carbon emissions over 20 years, said Eskom.

The surprise discovery of rhinos with bright pink lips and swollen eyes in northern KwaZulu-Natal has raised alarm bells.