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 ...

Invasive bugweed are spreading rapidly in Melville and the Koppies, threatening local biodiversity, however Wendy Carstens advises fighting to eradicate these alien invaders and preserving the ...

On June 8, 2011, the journal Nature published a commentary by 19 ecologists who urged conservationists to “assess organisms ...

KJZZ has a new podcast tracking the life of marijuana plants from tiny clones to smoke and ashes. This week on Reefer Growing ...

Following the success of the BioBlitz initiative, in which some classes from the middle schools of Posada and Torpè were involved on March 14 in research activities on alien plants in the Posada ...

Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like ...

Once you know you’re going to jail, maybe your sense of urgency will be awakened,’ says Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation Sello Seitlholo.

This initiative, scheduled for implementation over three financial years from 2023/24 to 2025/26, aims to clear invasive alien plants from ecologically and agriculturally significant lands.

Scientists are rethinking how to detect alien life by focusing on planets vastly different from Earth. Instead of searching ...

White milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme), thorn pear (Scolopia zeyheri), candle wood (Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus) and bitou ...