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No man, or penguin, is an island

The Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Area is vital to conservation, writes John Yeld.

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Luxury suite for endangered frogs at SA zoo

A special “frog room” has been equipped for the six-month project, says zoo's reptile expert Mike Adams.

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CapeNature orders baboon to be put down

Brett Glasby of the Cape of Good Hope SPCA said the baboon, which had a nappy and a dummy, was “completely habituated” to people.

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OCEAN ROYALTY: Majestic King Penguins swim in the waters off Marion Island. There can be as many as 100 000 breeding pairs of this species at one colony  Kildalkey Bay  on the island. Pictures: John Yeld

No man, or penguin, is an island
May 17 2013 at 14:22

The Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Area is vital to conservation, writes John Yeld.

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One of SA's rarest frogs, the Pickersgills reed frog. Picture: Sam Phillips

Luxury suite for endangered frogs at SA zoo
May 17 2013 at 14:13

A special “frog room” has been equipped for the six-month project, says zoo's reptile expert Mike Adams.

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File photo: A baby baboon looks for food in the scorched ground at Franschhoek after the fire swept through the area. Picture: Jeffrey Abrahams

CapeNature orders baboon to be put down
May 17 2013 at 08:58

Brett Glasby of the Cape of Good Hope SPCA said the baboon, which had a nappy and a dummy, was “completely habituated” to people.

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File photo: Egyptian fishermen sail close to Aker Solutions' H-6e, the world's largest drilling rig. The company has won a contract to make the world's first tests for capturing emissions of carbon dioxide from cement factories.

Norwegian firm seeks to trap CO2
May 17 2013 at 08:57

Aker Solutions has won a contract to make the world's first tests for capturing emissions of carbon dioxide from cement factories.

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File photo: An Indonesian man demonstrates along with about 20 others against environmental groups, claiming that they are politicizing the issue of global warming.

Growing consensus on manmade warming
May 16 2013 at 09:12

Researchers reviewed scientific papers that expressed a position on whether humans were mostly to blame for recent global warming.

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One-year-old Kayla with another member of the Schoeman family.

Hello (big) kitty
May 15 2013 at 14:22

Garden Route game lodge parents raise two of the big cats alongside their children.

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A ranger charges a wild elephant in the video footage that has gone viral on social media networks. Frame grab: YouTube

Bush guide sorry for charging elephant
May 15 2013 at 12:10

A game ranger has asked for forgiveness after being video-taped charging an elephant.

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This undated photo provided by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization shows a plate with insects during an insect cuisine competition at an unknown location in Laos.

UN's plan to feed world: eat bugs
May 15 2013 at 09:31

The United Nations has issued official advice suggesting that Earth's inhabitants eat insects to help combat food-insecurity.

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This file photo shows rows of pressure ridges stack up, foreground, before tumbling over the ever-collapsing wide front of Jakobshavn Glacier and into the Ilulissat ice fjord, background, in Greenland.

Ice melt to be less severe than feared - study
May 15 2013 at 09:30

Some studies have projected sea level rise of up to 2 metres by 2100, a figure that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called a worst case.

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Removing sharks, like this one swimming off Muizenberg, from the ocean ecosystem will damage the system, says an expert.

‘Friendlier’ shark barrier designed by SA boffins
May 14 2013 at 14:09

The new concept could replace shark nets and save lives of marine creatures.

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