At age six she had her own “toktokkie” beetle collection, hidden from her parents in empty match boxes. While her father worked the garden, the curious tot would be searching for creepy crawlies to concoct a “garden soup”. By the time Marliese Truter hit her teenage...
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...
Prof Shelley Edwards and her colleagues have described a new species of Psammophylax and a new genus, named after Prof Bill Branch, Kladirostratus… The Grootswartberge (greater black mountain in Afrikaans), is a mountain range that runs along the southern...
It’s spawning season and approximately 1 million fish eggs have just been released into the surf near Cape Padrone on the South East coast of South Africa. After a few days, the first egg hatches – larvae need to fend for themselves amid countless sea...
Sometimes a question can determine the course of a life. Kaylan Reddy is a Stellenbosch University PhD student who has already garnered five awards for his work in academia and is respected among his peers. However, he recounts a long journey that seemingly started...
