Exclusive: For Lodrick Hlungwane, who spent three years at the isolated base, a recent crisis there was disturbing—but not surprising.

The department of forestry, fisheries and environment has confirmed the presence of the high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus on South Africa’s sub-Antarctic territory of Marion Island.

Russ Cook, the extreme marathon runner from Worthing, West Sussex, has set off again on his next endurance challenge, running the 3000km Te Araroa, a mountainous trail ...

Scientists at a remote base in Antarctica have pleaded for help, saying they’re living in fear after an alleged assault by a ...

Experts warn that South Africa is on the brink of an avian influenza disaster, urging the government to act swiftly to ...

according to the South African Weather Service. Yellow Level 4 coastal damaging winds are expected between Saldanha Bay and Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape. Impact-based warnings Yellow Level 2 ...

Following an alleged assault in Antarctica, the DFFE has implemented a mediation process to restore relationships among the ...

The South African base is located more than 2,600 miles south of Cape Town, with no easy way to evacuate anyone in an ...

Agulhas Plateau and Cape Town, South Africa. Since its launch, the expedition has explored understudied ecosystems and gathered biodiversity data including the unexplored seamount south of Walter ...

The claims were made in an email sent from the base, in which the sender expressed fear for their own and their colleagues' ...

It's the worst nightmare for researchers at an isolated polar station: What when someone wigs out and you can neither flee ...