Sep 7, 2022 | News
Pretoria – The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has just published a new coffee table book on South African animals at risk of extinction. The authors hope to awaken conservation consciousness and environmental awareness. One of the authors...
Aug 23, 2022 | News
Map: SANBI When you look at a map of the vegetation of South Africa, the right half of the map is nearly dominated by one particular biome – grasslands. The grassland biome covers nearly a third of South Africa’s land area (339 237km2). Grasslands might bring up...
Nov 4, 2021 | News
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...
Sep 30, 2021 | News
Dr Edward Netherlands As a young boy Dr Edward Netherlands was always interested in working with animals. He could often be found collecting all kinds of reptiles and frogs in his spare time. It was no surprise that when the time came, he would enroll for a BSc in...
Sep 23, 2021 | News
Abusisiwe Ndaba is a 24 year old MSc student who grew up in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. During her high school years biology was the subject that she most enjoyed, yet she had no idea of it being a subject that could be deeply researched. However, she knew that one...
