Tag "biodiversity"
‘Zombie’ mice terrorise albatrosses as boffins mull bringing dodos back from the dead: Conservation conversations from the cutting edge
A deeper, grassroots approach to conservation – and solid science – could stave off looming extinctions.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR 2023
Changing the narrative on conservation
Hard work, clear thinking, and tough choices lie ahead
Worried about elephant numbers? Quit counting them.
Don’t agonise over whether a park has too many or too few elephants.
Tales you lose: Why Wild Coast blasting rattles the sea’s great migrating whales
A stretch of coast earmarked for seismic surveys – and potentially oil and gas extraction – lies on a long route followed by humpback whales.
Southern Ocean seal species increasingly straying into South African waters
Marine experts are still trying to find out why there has been an increase in the number of species of seals on South African shores over the past two years.
Red Fish Down: Marine protected areas are critical to the future of South Africa’s iconic reef species
How we consume seafood has become an implicitly political act.
Shutterbugs rally to save our seas
A first ever Marine Protected Areas photographic competition – to put people in the picture about the value of conserving our ocean environment – is under way in South Africa.
Seahorses live in the sea, right? True, for all but one species.
Rio Button reports from the Southern Cape on a citizen science mercy mission.