Construction work of the Kaalfontein Multipurpose Centre has halted, and while the development agency insists work is ongoing ...

This odd plant hidden in the Namib Desert looks like it belongs in a Sci-Fi movie, but it's actually one of Earth's ...

Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could ...

The six tiny Zpectrum plants grew roots by the end of the last episode, but still had a couple days to survive before they ...

Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution ...

“This results in high nutrient levels in the water, which gives rise to the spread of these alien invasive aquatic plants, compromising the ecosystem, recreation and the general local economy ...

Previous research found that seedbanks of fynbos invaded by alien trees seldom survive more than three generations (roughly 24-36 years for this fynbos type). Our new findings mean that plants can ...

South Africa is unleashing weevil beetles in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of salvinia minima, an alien species of ...