REMINDER: Applications for FBIP Small Grants close 30 October 2020
NOTE: Extended Designated Authority Cut-off date – 30 October 2020 Pretoria – Applications for FBIP Small Grants (Review Period 2) are now open and eligible researchers are encouraged to apply. The primary focus of the Foundational Biodiversity Information...
Stable Eastern Cape forests shielded bats from icy extermination
Forest bats were spared from an icy extermination during the Last Glacial Maximum, holding lessons for present threats and conservation management. The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) is a notorious period in the recent history of the earth (about 25 000 years ago)...
Genetic study reinforces need for better bloodworm management in South Africa
Key points: Allowable limit for bloodworm collection unchanged since the 1970sBloodworm populations not as vulnerable as previously predictedChance of population extinctions remain, management to be maintained Cape Town – The legal number of bloodworm that can be...