President Donald Trump’s administration advanced another major US natural gas export project, handing oil companies a win the same day as a White House meeting with industry executives.

Six bird species on Marion Island, about 2000km southeast of Cape Town, have been infected by a deadly bird flu known as H5N1.

Earlier this week, researchers tackled the spread of an invasive alien in the Crocodile River – an aquatic plant known as the water spangle – by introducing a weevil species that feeds on it.

Scientists have discovered leg bones belonging to an ancient human ancestor at the Swartkrans Cave, located halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Dark energy is the placeholder name scientists have given to the unknown force causing the universe to expand faster and faster over time.

Recent heavy rains and flooding have not only displaced communities and damaged infrastructure but have also exposed the stark intersection of climate change and human rights, writes Dr Brenda Kubheka-Chauke.

Despite the government’s solar water heater programme being plagued with failures, it seeks to revamp it and roll out a second phase in 2027.

Government has been in talks with various countries to source gas, including Qatar, the US, and even alternative fields in Mozambique, members of Parliament heard.

The US is stalling the distribution of $2.6 billion (~R47 billion) in climate finance to South Africa, stoking concerns the money might be blocked outright, people familiar with the situation said.

The worlds biggest mining dredger has swallowed up acre after acre of the fertile coastal strip where most of Senegal’s vegetables are grown.

The details of a settlement reached in the African penguin case, calling for more stringent fishing closures, have been made public.

Saudi Arabia’s first marine–terrestrial Royal Reserve is led by a South African team of expert conservationists, tasked with bringing their expertise to the region’s most ambitious rewilding project.

A $160 million (R3 billion) South African phosphate mine owned by billionaire Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital Investments that’s been beset by environmental disputes for over a decade is facing a fresh obstacle.

Analysis of Eskom’s energy production for 2024 shows that coal-fired power plant performance improved significantly to reduce diesel and gas use by almost 6%.

Some scientists have challenged the claim that so-called “dark oxygen” is being produced in the lightless abyss of the seabed.

There is a massive opportunity for South Africa to raise much-needed climate funding by selling carbon credits, say experts.

By launching a global trade war and stoking geopolitical tensions, the US president is encouraging the rest of the world to reduce its reliance on imported fuels, no matter where they come from, says Nick Hedley.

Sri Lanka’s wildlife and railway authorities announced a series of low-tech measures, including adjusting timetables to reduce night-time train collisions, following the worst wildlife accident that killed seven elephants.

An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological breakthrough for the human evolutionary lineage – systematic production of implements made from a material other than stone.

Government, environmental groups and fishing industry agree to new no-fishing zones around penguin breeding grounds, according to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment.

There are growing doubts about a pledge by rich nations to provide more climate finance to poorer nations, as foreign aid budgets are slashed and the US guts environmental spending.