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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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Team members next to a rhino who's DNA sample was taken at a Cape Nature Reserve. Picture: Henk Kruger

Boucher goes in to bat for rhinos
April 18 2013 at 14:24

Ex-cricketer on team gathering DNA of endangered animal for national database.

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The ANCs chief whip in Parliament, Mathole Motshekga. Picture: Bongiwe Mchunu

ANC chief whip slams fisheries paper
April 18 2013 at 13:43

The ANC’s chief whip in Parliament has slammed a document on the Fisheries branch compiled by Parliament’s research unit.

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Judith Oakley-Webb of Human Wildlife Solutions shows this stick allegedly used to beat a baboon while it was being attacked by two dogs. Pictures: David Ritchie

Pit bull was never set on baboon, say owners
April 18 2013 at 13:06

The report of an alleged attack on a baboon with a pit bull and a pole with a nail in it is “completely wrong”, say those who were involved.

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A bouquet of flowers stands out amongst the landscape, placed to mourn victims after a memorial ceremony to commemorate the second anniversary of huge March 11 earthquake and tsunami disasters in Rikuzentakata.

Japan tsunami boat found in US
April 18 2013 at 09:42

The 6m long boat was found last week on a beach in the northern Californian town of Crescent City.

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The newly discovered genus Niumbaha superba, dubbed the 'panda bat' and discovered in South Sudan. Picture: YouTube.com

Bizarre ‘panda bat’ found in South Sudan
April 17 2013 at 14:22

Researchers say the bat is an entirely new genus and white fur makes it look uncannily like a panda.

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There is an element of defiance in the plans of the national fisheries branch that does not tally with the presidents State of the Nation address, says parliaments research unit.

Fisheries plan defies Zuma’s orders
April 17 2013 at 14:00

There is an “element of defiance” in the plans of the national Fisheries branch that does not tally with the State of the Nation address.

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Similar patterns have previously been recorded in species such as swordfish, yellowfin and big eye tuna, suggesting the reef shark behaviour was related to feeding.

How sharks dive by the moon
April 17 2013 at 09:30

The moon and water temperature affect the diving behaviour of sharks, researchers reported.

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Theories for the pause include that deep oceans have taken up more heat with the result that the surface is cooler than expected.

Climate scientists baffled by warming slowdown
April 17 2013 at 09:30

Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding of climate models.

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$Chairman of the Treasure the Karoo Action Group Jonathan Deal at a Cape Town protest against fracking. Picture: Leon M�$

Karoo man fracks the nod at awards
April 16 2013 at 14:22

Winning the ‘Green Nobel’ for the Africa region took anti-fracking activist by surprise.

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Probe into vicious attack on baboon
April 16 2013 at 11:12

The SPCA is investigating a case of cruelty after a Cape Town resident allegedly used a nail-studded stick to beat a baboon.

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Solar Impulse flies again

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Ivory now on poachers’ shopping list

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Twister ‘more powerful than Hiroshima bomb'

Boucher goes in to bat for rhinos April 18 2013 at 14:24

ANC chief whip slams fisheries paper April 18 2013 at 13:43

Pit bull was never set on baboon, say owners April 18 2013 at 13:06

Japan tsunami boat found in US April 18 2013 at 09:42

Bizarre ‘panda bat’ found in South Sudan April 17 2013 at 14:22

Fisheries plan defies Zuma’s orders April 17 2013 at 14:00

How sharks dive by the moon April 17 2013 at 09:30

Climate scientists baffled by warming slowdown April 17 2013 at 09:30

Karoo man fracks the nod at awards April 16 2013 at 14:22

Probe into vicious attack on baboon April 16 2013 at 11:12

Boucher goes in to bat for rhinos
April 18 2013 at 14:24

ANC chief whip slams fisheries paper
April 18 2013 at 13:43

Pit bull was never set on baboon, say owners
April 18 2013 at 13:06

Japan tsunami boat found in US
April 18 2013 at 09:42

Bizarre ‘panda bat’ found in South Sudan
April 17 2013 at 14:22

Fisheries plan defies Zuma’s orders
April 17 2013 at 14:00

How sharks dive by the moon
April 17 2013 at 09:30

Climate scientists baffled by warming slowdown
April 17 2013 at 09:30

Karoo man fracks the nod at awards
April 16 2013 at 14:22

Probe into vicious attack on baboon
April 16 2013 at 11:12