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The men were sentenced for poaching 303 rate specied found in the Northern and Western Cape. Photo: WWF
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED RARE PLANTS SOUTH AFRICA

Plant poachers get slapped with jail sentences of 15 years each

The rare plants which occur in the Northern and Western Cape, have an estimated street value of R6 million to R30 million

  • Sheree Bega
2 min read
Peripatopsis barnardi represents the first ever species from the Little Karoo, which indicates that the area was historically more forested than at present. It is one of seven new species from the Cape Fold Mountains described in a paper published in Ecology and Evolution. Image: Savel Daniels
ANCIENT FOREST ECOSYSTEMS

Living ‘fossil’ found: Rare velvet worm species named after teenage explorer

A high school pupil’s nature walk led to a major scientific discovery

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read