Nov 12, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Updated 24/03/2020 Cape Town – A recent molecular genetic study has revealed hidden cryptic species within a known forest gecko from the east coast of South Africa – the Pondo flat gecko. Stellenbosch University MSc student Theo Busschau’s findings suggest that the...
Jul 29, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Updated 23/03/2020 Cape Town – A ‘fine-scale’ study on velvet worms has raised the flag for better protection of South Africa’s threatened forest habitats. According to Prof Savel Daniels and honours student Aaron Barnes from the University of Stellenbosch, South...
Mar 15, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
A highly invasive ‘ecosystem engineer’ is gaining ground at Zandvlei Estuary in Cape Town, a study linked to the SeaKeys project has shown. Over a period of 25 years the alien reef-building polychaete Ficopomatus enigmatus (AKA the Australian tubeworm) population has...
Jan 31, 2018 | News, sustainability
There are countless ways to describe planet earth. One could describe it in relation to other planetary objects like the moon in the branch of science called astronomy. We could also describe it in terms of its smallest components, called ‘quarks’ by physicists....
Nov 6, 2017 | News, sustainability
The hustle and bustle of Forum delegates checking out different student posters was dying down and the ‘Green Darkie’ was about to leave his station alongside his poster. It seemed as if he had explained his work to quite a few people and might have been a bit tired...
