Conversations with women leading conservation in the Western Cape - protecting our natural heritage and refusing to give up on nature. Women's Month is an opportunity to celebrate those whose work quietly shapes the future of South Africa. While the contributions of women are often recognised in boardrooms, hospitals and classrooms, many are also working…
read moreWild Rescue nature reserve launches ‘Wild Classroom’ education programme to reconnect Hessequa schoolchildren with nature STILL BAY, WESTERN CAPE - What if some of the most important lessons children could learn happen in the outdoors? That is the question behind Wild Classroom, a new environmental education programme launched by “Children can learn about an ecosystem…
read moreTo springbok, or to protea? That is the question. (or is it?) Melville and some by Wild Rescue’s recent Unicode Consortium approve a media coverage and feedback from the public. Apart from highlighting rugby teams, and the Protea (as the national flower) also representing our On Smile FM’s Protea sussannae used as a model for…
read moreA conversation with 2026 Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant finalist Dr. Gabriel Akoko Juma Water does not recognise the boundaries we have drawn on maps. Rain falling hundreds of kilometres inland eventually shapes ecosystems far downstream. Every river is an artery connecting the landscapes it crosses, to the ocean beyond. It carries with it the…
read moreThis September, Wild Rescue is inviting the public to explore the remarkable flora and fauna on our Southern Cape doorstep STILL BAY - September is Biodiversity Month, an annual opportunity to delight in the extraordinary variety of life on Earth while highlighting the urgent need to protect the ecosystems on which we all depend. At…
read moreAre we conserving nature - or just monetising it? On the 5th of August the South African government quietly It notes that wildlife ranches and other areas may potentially qualify as Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures although these areas have not yet all been properly defined, verified or measured. This is precisely where ecological integrity…
read moreResources and Guides for learning more about Proteas For many South Africans, the King Protea is instantly recognisable. It is our national flower, appears on our currency and national documents, and has even given our national cricket team its name. But the King Protea is only one member of an extraordinary botanical family - and…
read moreLook at a protea and you see a flower. Look closer, and you see an ecosystem. There are flowers we admire because they are beautiful, and there are flowers we admire because - once we understand them - we realise just how extraordinary they are. There are flowers that are useful. There are flowers that…
read moreFrom the pages of Homer’s ancient Greek epic to the landscapes of the Western Cape, the story of highly successful 2026 blockbuster film. The name Acacia cyclops comes from the tree's distinctive seeds. Glossy and dark, they are surrounded by a vivid crimson-red fleshy covering that resembles a bloodshot eye - an appearance that inspired…
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