Alien Species

Study shows growing number of alien plants infesting Kruger Park

Twenty-one species in the national park are invasive, five of which are among the 100 worst invaders globally

Sheree Bega

‘Anyone can own a tiger in SA’: Tigers and the exotic pet trade

With more tigers on the loose, experts point to an unregulated captive breeding industry as the source of the trouble

Sheree Bega

8 min read

One of the world’s worst invasive species, the pesky Indian myna, has rapidly infiltrated the Kruger National Park over the past 20 years. (Photo by: David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

ALIEN SPECIES

31 OCT 2022

Indian mynas are taking wing in the Kruger National Park and scientists are concerned

Rate of spread of invasive species has ‘dramatically increased’

Sheree Bega

5 min read

The Pretoria high court has scrapped government notices that proposed amendments to existing alien and invasive species regulations and lists, which included listing brown trout and rainbow trout as invasive species.
(Photo By A. Perez Meca/Europa Press via Getty Images)

ADRIAN VORSTER

16 SEP 2021

Court judgment about alien fish is about more than trout wars

Judge finds that public participation in democratic processes is not the exclusive preserve of the privileged few who have access to the internet and can read English

Sheree Bega

7 min read

Scolytus rugulosus the shothole borer under the bark of a plum tree. It is a species of bark beetles.

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA

6 JUN 2021

Tiny invasive beetle threatens millions of trees in South Africa

Polyphagous shot hole borer looks set to become most damaging biological invasion in South Africa

Sheree Bega

4 min read