Garden Town 2024: Groener en groter
Stellenbosch se Garden Town vind vanjaar vir die vierde keer plaas en daar is drie nuwe, unieke gebeurtenisse waarna...
Category: Conservation
The ‘hidden and nearly lost world’ of Renosterveld
Less than 10% of the Western Cape’s endemic lowland Renosterveld can still be found across the province. Fragmented in...
Franschhoek cable car project to seek environmental approval
A project to develop a cable car in Franschhoek is one step closer to environmental authorisation after recently receiving...
Over 2 000 plants find home at district hospital
More than 2 000 plants have been planted at a district hospital in Somerset West, as part of a...
Stopping offshore explorations ‘at forefront of stopping climate change’
The need to stop offshore explorations is at the forefront of stopping climate change, said prof Guy Midgley, acting...
SU students collaborate with NPO for honey bee conservation
A Stellenbosch University (SU) society collaborated with a non-profit organisation (NPO) to launch a two-month fundraising initiative centred around...
Invasive beetle could kill thousands of trees in Stellenbosch
An invasive beetle with the ability to kill any tree it had burrowed into, had been sighted in the...
Looking out for our feathered friends
The hatchlings which are still nesting in Stellenbosch are at threat of being displaced from their nests by high...
Don’t pet Stellenbosch’s Cape dwarf chameleons, say experts
Cape dwarf chameleons, which are frequently spotted in Stellenbosch, are well-suited to survival in urban spaces but it is...
Why we are catching whales for conservation
There are very few creatures who have captured the human imagination in the way whales do. But despite their enormous size, their biggest threat to their survival continues to be human activity. The South African coast has seen many whale entanglements over the past years leading to risky rescue missions by disentanglement professionals.