By Dane McDonald and Fatima Parker-Allie The SANBI Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) has contributed nearly 100 new species to biodiversity science. Since the inception of the SANBI-FBIP in 2013, the programme has funded dozens of South African...
Featured image: a floristic survey of hummock dunes at Brandfontein near Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape. The waves broke with a thunderous, yet hollow thump that I felt in my chest. It left me feeling exhausted and energised at the same time. There are...
Hendré van Rensburg, like most people, did not grow up telling people that he wanted to study worms. Quite the contrary. His younger self was convinced that he was cut out for engineering; he would use science to create. Consequently, his school years were focused on...
Rouane Brokensha finds it ‘strange’ to be considered the national expert on hermit tanaids. These are tiny shrimp-like marine creatures that live in empty snail shells. She has been assigned this status after just completing her honours year but owns it with the...
Cape Town – Residents of rural communities in South Africa face a barrage of problems from high poverty rates, low access to clean drinking water, a high burden of chronic disease, inadequate access to quality health care, poor transportation, a dependence on...
