The great white sharks in South Africa's False Bay may have deserted the area because of fishing practices in the area—not because killer whales had started hunting them, as was previously thought, ...

Another dead 12-metre Bryde’s whale was found in False Bay near Cape Town last week after becoming entangled in octopus trap ropes. The traps have been in use by a single company since 1998, ...

When top ocean predators vanish, the ecosystems they leave behind don't just adapt—they transform in surprising and troubling ways. New research from South Africa sheds light on the cascading effects ...