As a young boy Dr Edward Netherlands was always interested in working with animals and could be found collecting all […]
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Protecting SA’s biodiversity assets and ecological infrastructure
Protecting South Africa’s biodiversity assets and ecological infrastructure: tracking change in the protected area estate Just over 9% of South […]
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CREW Programme presents iNaturalist training series
The Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB) is just 55 days away! We are excited to have 5 cities, 6 regions, 1 […]
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Wild ones: Crop Wild Relatives key to SA food security
South African woman holds wild spinach (Source: Google […]
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Rare pygmy chameleon rediscovered
Rare Chapman’s pygmy chameleon (Rhampholeon chapmanorum) long feared to have gone extinct, has been rediscovered in the rainforest in southern […]
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Kirstenbosch reduced fee for SADC & African nationals from August 2021
Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is renowned as the most beautiful garden in Africa and the first botanic garden […]
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Winter Wonders at Kirstenbosch for school holidays
From 1 to 25 July 2021, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is hosting its annual Winter Wonders Special. Children 17 years […]
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Kirstenbosch Garden presents: Seeing the Invisible – an augmented reality art exhibition
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden presents: Seeing the Invisible – an augmented reality (AR) art exhibition. The exhibition opens as one […]
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Academic success during COVID-19 lockdown
National Zoological Garden’s (NZG) ZooClub members, Sthobiso Mtshweni and Golden Mthimunye, from Ndzundza Mabhoko Secondary School in Mpumalanga, each got […]
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Minister Creecy launches latest assessment on South Africa’s biological invasions report
Science shows us that one of the key factors driving the accelerated decline of biodiversity is the invasion of alien […]
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Bees are at the heart of biodiversity
Biodiversity is the living fabric of our planet. It underpins human wellbeing in the present and in the future, and […]
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Mr Shonisani Munzhedzi appointed as SANBI CEO
Mr Shonisani (Shoni) Munzhedzi has been appointed as a Chief Executive Officer and will assume duty in June 2021. Mr […]
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Minister Creecy launches alien and invasive species status report
Minister Barbara Creecy, to launch alien and invasive species status report in Cape Town The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and […]
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Researchers uncover ecologically important SA coralline algae species
Researchers have uncovered three new ecologically important South African coralline algal species erroneously passing under the Japanese species name, Spongites […]
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A SANBI salute to leading climate change scientist Professor Bob Scholes
Image: TimesLive As the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), we are deeply saddened by the sudden loss of Professor […]
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