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There’s little democracy in the natural world because virtually every species has a pecking order

If you could choose during which period of humankind’s long and fraught history you were born, chances are the Dark Ages wouldn't be high on the list.

They can eat up to a third of their body weight in one sitting, but that’s where similarities with SA’s odious gluttons end

The cheetah, the fastest land animal, can reach 100km an hour in about the same time as a Formula One car

When they dressed up in black and white, zebras left other contenders for most fashionable animal in the shade

Lionesses aren’t quite as hardcore as female warriors of Greek myth, but they are supreme hunters

Lionesses aren’t quite as hardcore as female warriors of Greek myth, but they are supreme hunters

There’s nothing bikini about the animals. Everything is full-size, including their formidable mother skills

The famed Ndebele artist, who has been violently attacked in her home, is a peerless cultural warrior who has both been rewarded and paid a price for her contribution to South African art

The shoddy 'evidence' on Iraq he presented to the UN wouldn’t pass muster as a school science project. Do we forgive a decent and honourable man for one monstrous blunder, asks Nadine Dreyer.