Human AchievementsKruger National Park Turns 100 — A Century of Protecting Africa's Big 5South Africa's flagship park has spent a hundred years protecting nearly 5 million acres of bushveld and the lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, and buffalo that depend on it.
News11-Year-Old Sets World Record for 47 Splits in One MinuteSouth African schoolboy Chaz Wildon trained for eight months, then nailed 47 splits in 60 seconds in front of his classmates to claim the Guinness World Record — beating the previous male mark by one.
Human AchievementsSouth Africa Restores 13,000 Acres of Habitat for Critically Endangered FrogA decade-long IUCN-led campaign cleared invasive pines from the Klein Swartberg mountains, bringing the global home of the rough moss frog back to life.