Conservation and forestry
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden joins the call for an improved global data ecosystem to support living plant collections
A recently published perspective piece, co-authored by the late Dr. Donovan Kirkwood, former Curator of the SUBG, and acting Curator Annerie Senekal, alongside...
Agriculture and food sciences
Sand Fynbos Ecological Restoration, Cape Floristic Region, South Africa
The Sand Fynbos Ecological Restoration project (July 2024–July 2025), funded by the Anglo American Foundation, successfully rehabilitated five hectares within...
Conservation and forestry
Conservation Parasitology in Action 2023-2025
From 2023 to 2025, the Parasitology and Evolutionary Genomics Group at Stellenbosch University conducted a comprehensive survey of parasite biodiversity across...
Media release
New research highlights conservation needs for mopane worms
Mopane worms are widely harvested as a food source in Southern Africa. Containing three times more protein than beef or chicken, as well as more calcium, iron...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Micro refugia could be key to survival of insect populations
Microclimates – as opposed to large-scale regional or even global scale macroclimate models – may hold the key to offsetting the negative impacts of extreme...