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The sea that disappears twice a day

22 October 2026

The sea that disappears twice a day

22 October 2026

Fish missing for decades return to China’s Yangtze River

22 October 2026

SADC steps up disaster preparations as El Niño threatens Southern Africa

21 October 2026

Where to find South Africa’s oldest and most unusual trees

19 October 2026

20 Green sea turtles return to the ocean after suspected smuggling attempt in Bali

16 October 2026

Endangered frog spotted in KwaZulu-Natal coastal wetland

16 October 2026

Why South Africa’s salt pans turn pink, orange and red

15 October 2026

New dinosaur species discovered on the Isle of Wight after 100 years in a museum drawer

15 October 2026

South African seaweed species named after UCT scientist

14 October 2026

Mosquito Bay: The Puerto Rican bay that glows at night

13 October 2026

A giant clam’s shell holds a 30-year climate diary of the Great Barrier Reef

10 October 2026

The Western Cape’s underwater forests: the strange world beneath the kelp

9 October 2026

6 South African rivers that take you from mountain to sea

8 October 2026

A lost Ice Age relative of the yak has been uncovered in Siberia

7 October 2026

6 Marine animals surviving Earth’s harshest environments

7 October 2026

More than one million trees planted in Gauteng since April

7 October 2026

The Western Cape’s fire paradox: why some of its landscapes need to burn to survive

6 October 2026

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3 October 2026

The Door to Hell: Inside Turkmenistan’s fading desert fire

24 September 2026

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