Animal welfare society engages with plight of African penguins
A local animal welfare organisation recently visited the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Seabird...
Category: Wildlife
Idas Valley residents clean up local nature reserve
A local community organisation, along with the non-profit organisation (NPO) Envirolove, has been restoring trails in a local nature...
SU researchers spot common dolphin calf with humpback dolphins
Researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) recently spotted a newborn common dolphin calf with a pod of endangered humpback dolphins...
February veldfire damaged biodiversity, but rare Protea preserved
A total of 14 000ha of fynbos and wildlife habitat burned during the fire that swept through the Boland...
Preventing the great white shark vanishing act
Sara Andreotti has devoted her academic career and leisure time to the study and conservation of great white sharks....
Plaaslike skrywer stel debuut-kinderboek bekend
’n Plaaslike skrywer het onlangs haar debuut-kinderboek bekendgestel, wat beoog om kinders oor omgewingskwessies op te voed. Dr Henriëtte...
SU researchers create new plan to protect World Heritage Sites
An international project aimed to create a monitoring and reporting framework to protect World Heritage Sites (WHS) from invasive...
A small world – yet to be discovered
A researcher and a postgraduate student from Stellenbosch University (SU) have respectively discovered new chigger mite and lice species...
Local vet recognised as Dotsure vet of the month
A Stellenbosch veterinarian was named the Dotsure vet of the month in July as part of the online insurance...
Struggling animal sanctuary blown away by community support
The Butterfly World Animal Sanctuary along Route 44 has received an influx of donations from its surrounding communities, including...