Rising threat to the world’s greatest wanderers

As spring arrives, South Africa’s coastline transforms into a whale-watching stage

Here’s how to sort the treasure from the trash

A R47bn project in Hopefield will test fynbos and water systems

A proposed Eastern Cape titanium mine faces fierce resistance from communities fearing environmental and social harm

Joburg was last week subjected to a rotten-eggs stench that is all too familiar. The company on the spot says its emissions are ‘within normal parameters’

AI has a significant environmental cost – but polite prompts don’t contribute significantly to that footprint

Two contradictory narratives are vying for primacy in the curious sacking of South Africa’s environment minister

Governments cannot close the biodiversity financing gap alone. The private sector – asset managers, insurers and banks – must lead

A new company is rethinking what bees and technology can mean for people left behind by traditional economies. For some, it’s a financial lifeline

Antarctica has become a popular tourist destination, drawing 125,000 people in 2023-24. But it comes with environmental costs

How NGO BirdLife South Africa is building a financially resilient model for protecting biodiversity, and why it matters

South Africa’s birds are disappearing, and it’s going to cost us – not just environmentally, but economically too

A lengthy fight between the WWF and African Rainbow Capital has taken a new twist over a brazen attempt to mine inside the West Coast National Park

As the steel sector shows, there’s a cost to going green – but not doing so could be fatal. South African businesses must adapt or fall behind

There’s no arguing that the fourth annual Earthshot Prize awards, the pet project of British royal Prince William held in Cape Town this week, was fabulously glamourous. The…