Feb 5, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
One would not usually associate high numbers of parasites with a healthy ecosystem, yet this is exactly what was shown by a study on frog ‘haemoparasites’ in KwaZulu-Natal. A parasite is an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and...
Nov 16, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Updated 22/03/2020 Cape Town – A new ‘pearl white’ freshwater crab species has been discovered in the ‘forgotten’ Eastern Cape forests of South Africa. Prof Savel Daniels, a molecular taxonomist at Stellenbosch University, says freshwater crabs are relatively well...
Nov 2, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
DEADLINE: 11 November 2018 The GreenMatter Fellowship brings together a cohort of dynamic, talented and committed biodiversity practitioners, with the objective of developing and unlocking their potential. It affords participants the opportunity to fully engage in...
Oct 26, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – Two recent papers resulting from the Eastern Cape Forest Fauna Project have uncovered ‘hidden’ invertebrate species, highlighting higher levels of diversity in the region than originally thought. The project, which is one of the Large Integrated Projects...
Oct 16, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – Biodiversity research is ‘foundational’ to the South Africa Earth Observation Network’s (SAEON) primary focus, according to SAEON Fynbos Node scientist Dr Jasper Slingsby. Slingsby together with Dr Lara Atkinson presented...
