If you go walking in the wild, you might expect that what you're seeing is natural. All around you are trees, shrubs and ...

Of his journey towards obtaining his Doctor of Philosophy qualification, University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD graduate Dr Kevin Musungu said, “Perseverance, intellectual curiosity, the unwavering support ...

Scientists are zeroing in on two little lakes in the Cape to figure out how to save them from climate change, or if they can’t, then if they could recover.

If we find that Sambar deer are not a threat to endangered fynbos and that they preferentially consume aliens (including invasive kikuyu grass) without spreading them, then they should be left alone.

Spier Wine Farm, one of South Africa’s oldest and most celebrated working wine farms, has opened the doors to its newly ...

Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden's long-serving principal horticulturist co-authored what promises to become the standard reference on South African garden plants.

The UN General Assembly proclaimed March 21 International Day of Forests in 2012. Several indigenous tree species suitable for the Johannesburg climate will be planted at the cemetery by deputy ...

De-extinction — the science of resurrecting extinct species — is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life.

These seed banks are natural storage areas in the soil where certain plants preserve their seeds. Our research in the Cape Floristic Region discovered that fynbos seed banks that have survived ...

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 ...

The seeds in question belong to a plant community called the Cape Flats Sand (CFS) Fynbos, the largest portion of which is found in Tokai Park, part of Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park.