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Fossil tracks paint a picture of South Africa’s ancient coastal landscape: five essential reads

Fossils may look to the untrained eye like an unremarkable set of sandy bones. But those bones can deepen or even rewrite our understanding of ancient history – and South Africa is a fossil treasure trove. Some of the country’s “treasures” have changed our own species’ family tree. These include…

The Conversation

Historically bad year for dolphin strandings on Cape Cod has scientists looking for answers

Scientists say an unprecedentedly bad year for beached dolphins on Cape Cod might have to do with warming waters changing the availability of the animals’ food

The Independent UK

Fossil finds: footprints on South Africa’s coast offer a glimpse into our ancestors’ lives

Mention the word “fossils” to people and most will probably think of bones. Of course, body fossils make up a large part of the global fossil record. But humans and other species leave their mark in other ways too – for instance, their tracks. The study of these fossil tracks…

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Scientists identify first known outbreak of rabies in seals

Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies

The Independent UK

Where Was 'The Perfect Couple' Filmed? All About the Nantucket and Cape Cod Filming Locations

The new Netflix murder mystery is full of gorgeous New England locations.

Marie Claire

Why are Cape fur seals in South Africa infected with rabies?

It’s the world’s first significant rabies infection in marine mammals. And it has scientists – and beachgoers – worried.

Al Jazeera

Cape Cod Bracelets Were a Coastal Classic Long Before TikTok

As a third-generation Cape Codder, I have some thoughts on the Coastal Grandmother staple.

Marie Claire

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False stereotypes mean endangered animals are being protected in the wrong places

Giant panda reclining in cloudy hills eating bamboo, European bison picking their way through gloomy and lichen-draped forests and Cape mountain zebra roaming arid mountains. Ideas of how and where these species live are fixed in the public imagination, in conservation practice and even in some species’ names – but…

The Conversation

‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers

Seals have been biting people in the first big outbreak of the disease in marine mammals, writes Nick Dall in Cape Town

The Guardian - UK

‘Just tore me apart’: More than a dozen dolphins die in mass stranding around Cape Cod

‘After [the dolphin] passed, I was just heartbroken, to see such a magnificent, majestic animal die, it was a tragedy happening,’ a resident who saw the stranded animals said

The Independent UK

Animal rescuers save more than 100 dolphins during mass stranding event around Cape Cod

Animal rescuers have been able to coax more than 100 dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod over the weekend after about 125 of the Atlantic white-sided dolphins became stranded

The Independent UK

Animal rescuers try to keep dozens of dolphins away from Cape Cod shallows after mass stranding

Animal rescuers were trying to keep dozens of dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod after 125 of the creatures earlier stranded themselves

The Independent UK

Cape York’s step towards world heritage listing: what does it mean for the region, and what happens next?

Addition to Unesco’s ‘tentative’ world heritage listing is a big step forward, but questions remain over impact on tourism and land development

The Guardian - AU

Goema superstar: how composer Mac McKenzie reshaped the sound of Cape Town

Gerald “Mac” McKenzie passed away on 29 April 2024. He will be remembered as a renegade spirit and innovator in South African music. The composer and bassist changed Cape Town’s goema music tradition forever. Growing up in the city’s carnival culture, he helped form The Genuines, combining styles like rock,…

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Sandwich by Catherine Newman review – emotional crisis and comedy in Cape Cod

Midlife loss and anxiety are keenly felt on a family holiday, in this brilliant follow-up to We All Want Impossible Things

The Independent UK

Memorial Day swimmers beware! New England Aquarium warns white sharks circling Massachusetts waters

Great white sharks are returning to Cape Cod, and authorities are warning people flocking to the beach over the holiday weekend

The Guardian - UK

Scaling up: the app that’s transforming lives in South African fishing communities

Abalobi provides a real-time marketplace for fishers to sell their catch, while also monitoring fish populations, and the tech could go global

Space

Boeing Starliner brings astronaut launches back to Atlas rocket and Cape Canaveral

The launch of astronauts on a Boeing spacecraft will mark a first for the company, but will also bring human spaceflight back to a rocket and launch site after more than 50 years.

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Al Jazeera

Thirty years after apartheid, South Africa’s failed housing promise

Ahead of key elections, hundreds of thousands in need of homes in opposition-run Western Cape languish on waiting lists.

Al Jazeera

The pickled fish dish that unites Christians and Muslims at Easter

Christians eat fish on Good Friday. But in Cape Town the fish is almost always smothered in a sweet curried sauce – and

The Guardian - AU

Queensland man charged with murder of Kowanyama woman he told inquest went ‘walkabout’ 11 years ago

The family of Ms Bernard, who was last seen in Thomas Byrnes’s company in Cape York, say police investigation has been ‘a long sad journey’

Tom’s Guide

How to watch Hightown season 3 online: TV channel, release date, time

Monica Raymund returns for the final season of this gritty, Cape Cod-set crime drama. Our guide explains how to watch Hightown season 3 online and from anywhere now.

The Conversation

How Red Sea attacks on cargo ships could disrupt deliveries and push up prices – a logistics expert explains

Attacks on international cargo ships in the Red Sea from Houthi-controlled Yemen have seen several cargo vessels hit by missiles and drones in recent days.

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Watch: Angry cobra makes teeing off difficult for lady golfers

A woman approaching a ladies’ tee box on a golf course in South Africa spotted a rare sight, so she pulled out her phone to capture video.

The Conversation

Fossil snake traces: another world-first find on South Africa's Cape south coast

Snakes are familiar, distinctive – and often feared – reptiles. And they’ve been around for a long time: body fossils found in the UK, Portugal and the US stretch all the way back to the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago.

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