SU brings biodiversity and community together
The Ingcungcu Sunbird Restoration Initiative
The Ingcungcu Initiative, named after the Xhosa word for “birds with long beaks", aims to re-open a migration...
Africa’s smallest horseshoe bat weighs in at five grams
At only five grams a newly-discovered dwarf bat from Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has now become Africa's smallest horseshoe bat.
According to an...
SU scientists honoured by Royal Society of SA
The Royal Society of South Africa (RSSAf) has honoured two Stellenbosch University (SU) scientists, Prof Bert Klumperman and Prof Guy Midgley, with the highest...
Sharksafe Barrier™ to compete in Innovation Summit’s pitching den
The Sharksafe Barrier™ – a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional anti-shark devices developed by researchers from...
Saving the paintbrush lily from extinction
A major effort is underway to conserve the last remaining 60 individual paintbrush lilies (Haemanthus pumilio) in the Duthie Nature Reserve in Stellenbosch, as...
New software will standardise data collection for great white sharks
The lack of a standardized procedure for collecting data about elusive and hard to find species like the great white shark has to date seriously hampered...
Science student rediscovers long-lost species
A BSc honours student from Stellenbosch University not only rediscovered a plant species that was last seen in 1928, and presumed to be extinct, but will also...
Climate change impacts felt from genes to ecosystems
New research published in Science today shows that climate-change impacts have already impacted every aspect of life on Earth from genes to entire ecosystems...
ASSAf recognises top SU scientist with gold medal
Prof. Brian van Wilgen, a leading conservation ecologist from the DST/NRF Centre for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) at Stellenbosch University (SU), was honored with...
Conserve our fynbos over the next 100 years
A landmark report about the challenges facing the Cape Floral Region (CFR) over the next century was published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of...