Apr 30, 2021 | News, SeaKeys
Cape Town – Researchers have uncovered three new ecologically important South African coralline algae species erroneously passing under the Japanese species name, Spongites yendoi. According to Prof Gavin W. Maneveldt from the Biodiversity and Conservation Biology...
Mar 3, 2020 | BioGaps, News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – Today the FBIP celebrates World Wildlife Day 2020 with the global community, as we continue to work towards building a solid foundational biodiversity knowledge base in South Africa. This year World Wildlife Day is being celebrated under the theme...
Jun 21, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – A study, using genetic analysis, on the invasive Asian green mussel in South Africa has turned earlier reports on their head with an unexpected discovery. Biological invasions pose a significant threat to South Africa’s ecosystems and the services such as...
Jul 5, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – A new species of polychaete has been discovered by chance off the coast of Gansbaai in the Western Cape of South Africa. Polychaetes, more commonly known as bristle worms, are mostly marine segmented worms generally less than 10 cm in length, but with some...
Jun 6, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – The number of brittle star species known from South Africa has escalated by 20%, after a recent SeaKeys taxonomic study. The taxonomy of brittle stars, scientifically known as ophiuroids, is back on track after a 40 year lull during which no work was...
