Enviro Health News

How zebras earned their stripes

According to a new study, zebras have evolved from being completely black to striped in order to repel insects that distract them from feeding.

Most common causes of death in SA

According to the South African Survey released in early January 2012, South Africa’s biggest killer is tuberculosis.

Locust swarms bad for agriculture

While residents of the United States and much of Europe think of locust plagues as biblical references, locust swarms still have devastating effects on agriculture today.

Living standards on the up

The proportion of adults with the lowest living standards has decreased by 77% over the last ten years according to the latest South Africa Survey.

SA mortality rising

The number of births for every death in 2011 was less than half of what it was in 1985, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.

Poisonous morning hygiene

Every morning when the sun rises, the ocean ground is cleaned. As soon as the first rays of sunlight find their way into the water, micro algae start their deadly cleansing.

Meet the Beetles

Think of them as a group of guys, hanging out together, but not spending much time with the ladies, nor getting much "action". Except these "guys" are forked fungus beetles.

Grafting ups poison intake

The widely used farm practice of grafting watermelon and other melon plants onto squash or pumpkin rootstocks results in larger amounts of certain pesticides in the melon fruit.

Oldest dinosaur nesting site found

Palaentologists have discovered a 190-million-year-old dinosaur nesting site in South Africa, 100 million years older than any other known nesting grounds.

Household chemicals bad for kids

Exposure to high levels of a group of common household chemicals may impair children's immunity, a new study suggests.