Ecology
latest news & developments
Marion Island’s brown skuas defy scientists after landmark cat eradication
More than 30 years after South Africa eradicated feral cats from Marion Island in a landmark conservation success, scientists have discovered that one of the island's top…
Heat and humidity is a lethal mix for SA’s small birds
Scientists have warned that humidity, not just temperature, could determine which species survive in an era of escalating heatwaves
Africa’s first green school ‘cultivates a love of nature’
The Paarl campus of Green School South Africa uses solar power and climate-smart water management systems.
‘Dung Beetle’ turns tech into art and plastic into fuel
Real dung beetles make waste useful and this steel sculpture does the same for plastic
There is shit in the Hennops River: ‘No way you can call this water’
E.Coli counts in tributaries feeding the Hennops River run into tens of millions, far above the permitted limit
Match of the day: Sport vs ecology
We need a profound rethinking of the meaning of sustainability in sport — the global commercial model is neither environmentally nor socially sound
Attacks on Brazil’s ecological paradises threaten biodiversity
Brazil’s rich biodiversity is under attack from multiple fronts
New tech is revolutionising ecology, conservation
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
Embrace the ecological university
It has an ethical concern to help people coexist and to understand each other and society
Europe’s lazy storks hooked on takeaways
As a result of human influences and global environmental change, the migratory bird has taken to a more sedentary lifestyle.
Discovery of new species born to die
Amazing previously undocumented creatures found in the Greater Mekong area are under threat because of uncontrolled human expansion.