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Solar Impulse flies again

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

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Ivory now on poachers’ shopping list

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

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Twister ‘more powerful than Hiroshima bomb'

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

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Sean le Clus, of Crocodile Creek reptile park, with the Mozambican spitting cobra he captured at a Shakaskraal business after a staff member found it in a drawer. PICTURE: SANDILE MAKHOBA

North Coast snake catchers kept busy
May 10 2013 at 08:57

Hiding in a drawer, under a bed, in a headboard and in a garden - the slippery visitors were all found in residential areas.

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A member of the National Anti-locusts Committee fumigates locusts in the village of Soatanimbary in the Menabe region of western Madagascar.

A plague of biblical proportions?
May 9 2013 at 14:23

Madagascar's worst locust plague in 60 years has infested about half of the island, destroying crops and raising concerns over food shortages.

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Transnet had to remove asbestos from train yards to prevent possible health problems, Volksblad reported. Photo: Gareth Smit

Residents unhappy with asbestos plan
May 9 2013 at 09:25

Plans by Transnet to dump asbestos into two borrow pits near De Aar are horrifying residents, it was reported.

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Penny and her babies PJ (Prickles Junior) and Popcorn. Picture: Cango Wildlife Ranch

Prickly pair find love after trauma
May 8 2013 at 14:38

Cango Wildlife Ranch employees have successfully played matchmaker between Penny, an albino female porcupine and a male named Prickles.

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Game guards inspect the carcass of a forest elephant killed by poachers in the Dzanga-Sangha National Park, Central African Republic.

Elephants butchered in CAR reserve
May 8 2013 at 09:56

A former Durban man set up a tourism lodge in the elephant sanctuary four years ago. Now he’s been forced to flee.

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The stump of an unrooted palm tree sits on the shore of the fishing village in Telegraph, Grenada. The people along this vulnerable stretch of eastern Grenada have been watching the sea eat away at their shoreline in recent decades.

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean
May 8 2013 at 09:55

People here say they have been watching the sea eat away at their shoreline in recent decades.

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Force, who was an alpha male baboon, has died during a darting operation. Picture: Supplied

Baboon dies after routine procedure
May 7 2013 at 14:17

The Baboon Technical Team said the animal had died after not waking up after being darted.

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South Africa and Vietnam signed a plan to boost conservation and help combat rhino poaching, the environmental affairs department said. PICTURE: MATTHEW SAVIDES

Vietnam, SA sign conservation deal
May 7 2013 at 09:21

South Africa and Vietnam have signed a plan to boost conservation and help combat rhino poaching.

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This undated file photo provided by the Australian Institute of Marine Science shows white coral syndrome in Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Ocean acidification has emerged as one of the biggest threats to coral reefs across the world.

Ocean acidity levels ‘at their highest’
May 7 2013 at 09:20

Scientists have expressed alarm over the rapid acidification of the Arctic Ocean caused by carbon dioxide emissions.

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The Solar Impulse, the solar-powered airplane that developers hope to eventually pilot around the world, flies from San Francisco Bay, California, to Phoenix, Arizona.

Solar Impulse flies 18 hours with no fuel
May 6 2013 at 09:16

A solar-powered airplane that developers hope eventually to pilot around the world, landed safely in Phoenix on its first leg.

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