The grain-eating red-billed quelea, a weaverbird species, is  considered the most serious bird pest in Africa.  On occasion occurring in flocks of millions of birds, it has a devastating impact on crops.

Masai Mara reserve is known for its spectacular populations of wild animals such as lions, wildebeest, impala, leopards, zebras, elephants, spotted hyenas and many others.
But a recent scientific study has documented significant declines in six hoofed species throughout the 1530 sq. km reserve. In the last 15 years these drop-offs have occurred in the giraffe, hartebeest, impala, warthog, topi (pictured above) and waterbuck populations.

SA HAS slapped provisional antidumping penalties of 62% and 96% respectively on stainless steel kitchen sink imports from China and Malaysia.

The provisional payment was gazetted by the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) earlier this month, and is the latest in the saga involving unlisted local kitchen sink manufacturer Franke Kitchen Systems' battle against cheap imports.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of allegedly killing animals on a residential premises in Pretoria's wealthy suburb of Waterkloof, without the correct authority to do so. It was discovered that ten skulls found on the premises belonged to lions and rhinos.

African countries should fight for negotiation of new measures to tackle climate change to enable them to mitigate effects of the phenomenon while achieving sustainable development.

South Africa and Uganda are to strengthen their cooperation in areas of science and technology. South African Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena and his Ugandan counterpart Ephraim Kamuntu will sign a bilateral agreement on Thursday to pave the way for both countries to deliberate in areas of mutual interest in this field.

A water project which can save between 15 to 35 percent of a school's water bill is to be extended to ten more schools in Cape Town. The project, which involves fitting water efficient adaptors onto taps, showers and toilets at schools and hostels, will be extended to ten other schools with high water consumption in Mitchell's Plain and Khayelitsha.

South African National Parks (sanparks) is challenging an application for a R3 trillion mining operation to be established at the entrance to the Mapungubwe World Heritage site. SANParks spokesperson Wanda Mkhutshulwa said on Monday that SANParks was opposed to the idea as it threatened the environment around Mapungubwe, particularly the quality of its water.

South Africans buying products with "biodegradable" plastic packaging are often duped by companies eager to profit from the current trend towards environmentally-conscious consumerism. While the plastics do break up into small pieces, they remain toxic and potentially dangerous to human health.

With memories of the devastating veld fires that raged through Mpumalanga last year still fresh in their minds, authorities are leaving nothing to chance preparing for the coming dry season in the province.

South African companies could soon see their carbon-neutral status becoming a far more important criterion than their black economic empowerment rating when tendering for business.