Indigenous oral cultures are teaching researchers that precolonial South Africans were aware of conservation
Marketing experts need to apply the human behaviour-change techniques they have mastered to convince everyone to start looking after the Earth
Wildlife rangers are out of work and reduced patrols abet poaching
Government panel blames killer whales for the depleted population of great white sharks, but experts say overfishing is the big culprit that is not being addressed
Four friends who spent their spare time diving saw the bigger picture and started an organisation to defend the blue
Secretary birds, martial eagles and bateleurs are now listed as globally endangered
South Africa has not signed the Leader’s Pledge for Nature, despite the Earth’s interdependent crisis of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and climate change
The relationship between science and ethics is inextricable and a study that does not consider the latter in its design cannot be supported
My analysis has led the Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa to have a stronger focus on topics that have a clear bearing on social justice, conservation and community conservancies
Using assumptions and faulty tools leads to racist conclusions about why so few black students are taking up biological sciences
The state-of-the-art vessel will accommodate 60 scientists and 30 crew
‘The oceans are a global savings account from which we keep making only withdrawals’
As leaders meet in London to discuss how to combat the illegal wildlife trade, maybe they should learn some lessons from southern Africa
There is always hope for a better world
Winner: Aller River Pilot Project
Two hundred elephants will be transferred from a Limpopo nature reserve to Mozambique in an effort to restore elephant populations there
Tourism is becoming an increasingly important mainstay of the South African economy
TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Emerging Researcher through research and its outputs by an individual
From tiny sensors that can be fitted to animals, to swarms of remotely-piloted drones, researchers have a host of new ways to study the natural world
Camera traps in the Batéké Plateau National Park in Gabon are showing some interesting finds.
A new study is finding that community-based wildlife conservation can quickly result in clear ecological success.
Authorisation for a new slaughterhouse, next to a Unesco site, has brought to a halt attempts to protect one of Gauteng’s last natural landscapes.
Elephants Alive —
Runner-up: Species Conservation Award and Biodiversity Stewardship Award
CapeNature —
Winner: Species Conservation Award, Biodiversity Stewardship Award
Just what do a Western Cape wine estate and an organisation advocating the creation of conservation areas across political boundaries have in common?
Thousands of new plants are being discovered every year, but the movement of agriculture and urbanisation are threatening a fifth of all species.
A class of children in Italy is enlisting the help of their peers to buy the uninhabited island of Budelli so it remains ‘untouched and Italian’.
Researchers have found that overweight king penguins are unsteady on their feet – but the extra weight is essential in reproduction and biomechanics.
By working on a proposal to CITES to legalise trade in rhino horn, South Africa could actually be fueling rhino poaching.
The department of environmental affairs has announced plans to relocate ‘up to 500’ rhino from the Kruger Park in a bid to thwart escalating poaching.
The state must reaffirm that Virunga has universal value for all humanity, says the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
A R232-million grant, given to the Peace Parks Foundation by the Dutch and Swedish postcode lotteries, will go to combatting rhino poaching.