South African artist Hannelie Coetzee is challenging perceptions through her 'eco-queer' art, transforming despised hyenas into powerful symbols of female strength and sexual diversity. From her ...

They are often disparaged as ugly, sly and cruel scavengers but for South African artist Hannelie Coetzee, hyenas are symbols ...

A team of palaeontologists from South Africa’s prestigious Animal Institution uncovered the fossilised remains of a ...

When the natural environment is stretched beyond its ability to meet basic human needs for food, clean air, drinkable water and shelter, it is not just a humanitarian concern for the world community.

Spending time with animals brings many health benefits. But our furry companions can also help us recover and heal from ...

Rural farming communities on the border between the southern African countries of Malawi and Zambia are seeking damages and threatening to sue an international animal conservation group over the ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An old anti-apartheid song that was a call for Black people to stand up against oppression and ...

The National Council of SPCA said it has overcome intimidation and obstruction to file criminal charges against those ...

After a tragic incident involving a severely neglected tiger at a breeding facility, the NSPCA has taken decisive action ...

The recent incident, where local residents threw stones at the African cheetahs while they were hunting calves in a village, ...

More than 50 children were orphaned as a result of the relocated elephants, according to local communities who are taking ...

The National Council of SPCAs has filed criminal charges following the brutal killing of Raygun the baboon, overcoming ...