A new species of African elephant
A new species of elephant has been found, but it has been extinct for some…
Browsing: Innovation
Looking at the beginning of everything: South Africa’s part in unravelling the secrets of deep, deep space
The MeerKAT telescope being built in South Africa’s Karoo is the technology proving precursor to…
Securing food for the future: South African geneticists use DNA barcoding to track animal plant pollinators
One of the keys to future food security and sustainability is understanding the complex relationships…
Cape Town’s water crisis – debunking the myths
People who live in South Africa’s drought-gripped Western Cape Province should be worried about water,…
Heroic effort to wipe out polio in Africa
‘Kick Polio Out of Africa’ These were the words of Nelson Mandela 20 years ago.…
Technology: the now and future of wildlife conservation
A little more than a generation ago the tools of field science and wildlife monitoring…
Spekboom, windmills and hope …
I love the Eastern Cape – I grew up there and have so many fond…
Great Ghanaian girls, a classroom in a box and a hole in the wall …
In 2006 IT specialist Mike Rosenberg volunteered to set up a computer classroom for street…
Using real-time monitoring to save wildlife
Do you know where your study animals are? How fast have they travelled over the…
Meeting the food challenge in South Africa
The challenges of feeding South Africa’s growing population in a climate-altered, resource-constrained future are significant.…