Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches ...

Renowned South African cheetah conservationist and National Geographic Explorer Vincent van der Merwe took his own life in ...

Dr. Dion George, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, hailed the agreement as a landmark achievement in ...

Island closures are painted as an economic cost to the fishing industry, but losing African Penguins will cost us dearly.Image source: Harry Cunningham from PexelsThe debate over how to protect South ...

It's hoped these naturally occurring seed banks could be used to restore one of the country's most iconic plant ecosystems.

Settlement secures biologically meaningful foraging areas for African Penguins for next decade to help bring the species back from the brink of extinction.BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB today ...

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out.

Visit the 15-acre grounds at the former estate of the late Walter and Leonore Annenberg, including nine acres of desert ...

Underground seed banks in South Africa that date back over 130 years have been found to contain fynbos seeds that are alive. These seed banks are natural storage areas in the soil where certain plants ...

Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only ...

A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has now been described. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin meaning 'pertaining to the ...

A bout 700 feet from Zambezi National Park and less than a 10-minute drive to Mosi-oa-Tunya, a.k.a. Victoria Falls, one of ...