FRIDAY, 16 APRIL 2021, 12:47
CapeNature celebrates International Plant Appreciation Day this year by highlighting the important role that indigenous plants play in the livelihood of communities. The special calendar day falls on 13 April every year and is aimed at highlighting the importance of plants in our daily lives. Much of human nutrition depends on land plants, either directly […]
There are warnings that, with ground drying out, more landslips and rockfalls could happen.
Some rare footage of two wild pandas having a fierce fight has been captured by researchers in China.
CapeNature and the Western Cape Government celebrate Plant Appreciation Day together by gifting 12 schools across the Western Cape with seedlings and seeds for their food gardens. The special calendar day falls on 13 April every year and is aimed at highlighting the importance of plants in our daily lives. With 52% of South […]
The BBC speaks to the woman who, as a child, witnessed Yuri Gagarin’s return to Earth 60 years ago.
She told the BBC she was concerned about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on attendance at COP26.
A paediatrician describes how his love of space observation has grown during the lockdown.
By Dr Marienne de Villiers, CapeNature Faunal Ecologist Sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus are rather remarkable creatures. They are omnivorous feeders, have high fecundity (can produce many offspring) and survive in a wide range of water quality conditions. In addition, they possess a primitive accessory air breathing organ which enables them to survive out of water for […]
One impact of lockdown is that there has been a big reduction in light pollution in some areas.
Shan, 17, wants to find out just how much food gets wasted in his home country of Singapore.
Marine scientist Professor Jessica Meeuwig on her hopes for a new ocean monitoring system.
Tree felling is helping to restore an ancient ecosystem which can store even more carbon than trees do.
By Jeanne Gouws, CapeNature Ecologist Water is a finite resource, which leads to various pressures on this resource driven by the right of every citizen on this planet for access to enough clean water. For example, the drought of 2016 to 2018 in the Western Cape has highlighted the need for the sustainable management of […]
We are very proud to announce that the first annual State of Conservation Report for the Western Cape is complete and ready for release. This succinct and visually rich report provides an overview of the status of priority conservation indicators as at the end of 2019. The report highlights achievements, challenges, impacts and urgent actions required. Significant gains, […]
Regent honeyeaters have become so sparse that some of the birds have been unable to learn their song.
Beekeeper Erika Thompson says the video, viewed over a million times, was “just a normal Tuesday”.
Dene Bingham photographs dangerous seas and wild places from a remote coast in Western Australia.
The harlequin toad has been successfully bred in captivity for the first time outside Panama.
During the virtual event the Queen was shown a meteorite that fell to Earth and classroom rockets.
Japan’s most powerful earthquake on record caused a tsunami and a nuclear power plant meltdown.
A home in a Gloucestershire town was hit by the most valuable space rock ever to fall on the UK.