What do we know about mommy sharks and their babies?
"How does a mommy shark know which baby shark is hers, and for how long does a baby shark stay with its mommy?"
These two questions from seven year-old Amelia...
Major project to investigate unexplored Eastern Cape forests
The creepy crawlies and other animals which inhabit the misty forests of the Eastern Cape will be the subject of a three-year research project funded by South...
South Africa’s great white sharks heading for extinction
The magnificent great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias L.) is one of the oldest shark lineages with an evolutionary origin dating back about 14 million...
New science team aims to reduce extinctions
Stellenbosch University scientists will collaborate with Conservation International (CI) and another five top international universities around the globe to...
“Bold steps” needed to improve management of invasive pines
"Bold steps" are needed to improve the management of specifically invasive pines in protected areas of the Cape Floral Region (CFR), researchers from several...
Maties dominate South African leg of FameLab competition
Five of the ten finalists in the South African leg of FameLab – one of the biggest science communication competitions in the world – were from Stellenbosch...
Five new velvet worm species from South Africa
Five new species of the enigmatic velvet worm – one of the most ancient Arthropods still living in forested areas of South Africa – have been described in a...
Ecologists embrace technology to combat biodiversity loss
Information technology is becoming one of ecologists' greatest tools to counter the global threat to biodiversity. But only 5% of existing data sets focusing...
Historical account of first survey of SA’s most southern islands
The 50th anniversary of the first biological and geological expedition to Marion and the Prince Edward Islands in 1965/66 will be celebrated with the launch of...