Jumbo jive: Adorable baby elephant ‘dances’ in the road for safari tourists in South Africa Footage of the young elephant was filmed at Kruger National Park, South Africa The animal shows off for the people watching and swings his trunk and tail He stamps his feet playfully as he dances before standing over beside his … Read more
Plan unveiled ‘to build a crowd-funded £5billion conservation park’ in South Africa that ‘will aim to preserve EVERY species of animal on the planet’ Is this just pie-in-the-sky? A source on the project told MailOnline Travel that it’s serious The park, it’s hoped, will cover 100 square kilometres in KwaZulu Natal province The trials and … Read more
Surfin’ bird: Heron glides along the surface of a river after it hitches a ride on a hippo Footage was filmed at Kruger National Park, in South Africa by a father on safari Heinrich Gericke, spotted the unusual bird as his family watched elephants He said: ‘I couldn’t believe my eyes, the heron really looked like … Read more
A species of ancient human that lived two million years ago was forced to evolve and change its physical traits in order to survive climate change. The emergence of Paranthropus robustus happened roughly at the same time as the more primitive hominin species Australopithecus died out. It is believed this period of rapid change in South … Read more
Every two degree rise in temperature increases the risk that pregnant women will give birth prematurely or have a stillbirth by 5% Researchers looked at the link between high temperatures and birth outcomes – preterm birth, birth weight and stillbirths – across 70 studies The risk of pregnant women giving birth prematurely or having a stillbirth rose … Read more
Shuffling around the exercise compound in a grim penitentiary, a bearded young man, humiliatingly clad in baggy orange overalls stamped with the word ‘CORRECTIONAL’, draws on a cigarette. Virtually the only white prisoner among hundreds of black inmates serving time for every imaginable crime, Oscar Pistorius has become a tormented, self-pitying figure. A born-again Christian, … Read more
Investigators probing the killing of South Africa‘s football captain Senzo Meyiwa in 2014 are seeking phone records from his singing star girlfriend amid claims she was involved in hiring ‘hitmen’, it has emerged. Five men have been charged with Meyiwa’s murder six years almost exactly after he was gunned down at the home of his … Read more
Shirley Jackson liked to recount how she got the idea for the story that shocked America while she was out doing the family grocery shopping one morning. She worked out the plot on her way home, plonked her toddler daughter in her playpen, put away the groceries and sat down to bash it out on … Read more
The BBC has pulled a trailer for a documentary on convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius after viewers criticised the broadcaster for portraying him as a victim and not naming Reeva Steenkamp, the woman he shot dead in 2013. The trailer for The Trials Of Oscar Pistorius quoted admirers of the former Paralympian hailing him as a ‘nice guy’, suggesting … Read more
British man, 71, is ‘murdered’ in South Africa: Grandfather’s body is identified by his teeth months after his burned remains were found dumped in grassland Jamnadas Harkant Nathvani, 71, last made contact with his family in early March His badly burned remains were found that month but only identified last month His alleged killer, Zaheera … Read more