The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Center faced a new and unexpected ordeal ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises that were swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this m ...

South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege Africacategory· January 16, 2025 South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date ...

South Africa tailenders Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen have hung in against relentless fast bowler Mohammad Abbas for a tense two-wicket win in the first Test in Centurion to seal the Proteas’ p ...

This is a developing story. For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts. Dark gray smoke puffed into the sky behind him as Tiptoe the African sulcata tortoise ...

Ocean Park is throwing open the doors to its newest animal exhibit, which features meerkats and tortoises ... a group of islands off Africa where they are the largest animals in the country.

South Africa 301 (Markram 89, Bosch 81*, Shahzad 3-75, Naseem 3-92) and 150 for 8 (Bavuma 40, Abbas 6-54) beat Pakistan 211 (Ghulam 54, Paterson 5-61, Bosch 4-63) and 237 (Shakeel 84, Babar 50 ...

Element Africa: Claims of mining encroachment in DRC and broken promises in SA ...

The attempt to give this Test series context may ironically have stripped some from this Test match, especially as far as South Africa are concerned. The hosts have already qualified for the World ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 15 (Reuters) - South Africa has temporarily closed a key border crossing with Botswana due to heavy rainfall and flooding, the country's border authority said. The Grobler's ...

It was home to giant zebra, bird species that are now extinct, giant tortoises and crocodiles ... it's clear that South Africa is home to some remarkable geoheritage. In a recently published ...

January 17, 2025 • In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.