Every year, billions of birds take to the air. They cross countries, continents and oceans, following ancient migration routes between breeding grounds, feeding areas and wintering sites. Some travel thousands of kilometres, navigating an intricate network of wetlands, coastlines, grasslands, forests and other habitats along the way. Their journeys are one of nature’s great spectacles,…
read moreConversations 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 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 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 moreA reptile in a pigeon hole: ‘If it'd been a snake it would have bit you.’ ‘A snake in the grass.’ ‘Slippery as a snake.’ ‘Snake eyes.’ ‘Venomous words.’ ‘A snake pit.’ ‘Snake oil salesman.’ ‘Forked tongue.’ And ‘coiled with anger.’ Ophidiophobia - the extreme and irrational fear of snakes - has inspired idioms and…
read moreEmojis are not just ornamental; used Use the hashtags #EmojiForProtea, #ProudlyFynbos and #CapeFloralKingdom in your related social media posts. Read and watch content from relevant pages such as
read moreTime in nature is time invested in people. Employee Wellness Week is observed annually by the In one
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