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To springbok, or to protea? That is the question. (or is it?) Aesop’s Fables is a famous collection of short stories from ancient Greece, using animals that talk and act like people to endow young minds
Partner content for Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve. Understand local risks. Learn from others. Strengthen your ability to respond. 18–19 August 2026 | Gourikwa Coastal Nature Reserve Drought, wildfire and floods are already affecting farms, businesses, communities
Resources 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
From the pages of Homer’s ancient Greek epic to the landscapes of the Western Cape, the story of Acacia cyclops – commonly known as the Red-eyed wattle, Rooikrans or Rooipitjie (in Afrikaans vernacular) – has an
Celebrate Mandela Day by giving back to one of South Africa’s rarest ecosystems. STILL BAY, WESTERN CAPE — This Mandela Day, Wild Rescue Nature Reserve is inviting members of the public to spend their 67 minutes
New guided nature walks and sanctuary tours open to the public every second weekend, commencing 27–28 June. STILL BAY, WESTERN CAPE — Residents and visitors to the Hessequa area are surrounded by one of South Africa’s
Nature reserves are not only places on a map. They are places where injured wildlife gets a second chance, where people reconnect with the natural world, where children learn that conservation starts with attention, and where
We left Riversdale travelling to Wild Rescue and looked for gravel roads again as usual. This time I took a wrong turn somehow and ended up travelling between farmlands which was great. It was a quiet
Step out in a peaceful Floral Kingdom of Wonders At Wild Rescue Wildlife Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, we had the pleasure of staying in a beautiful stone-walled thatched cottage built in the Cape style. We had
My dear friend Annette Pienaar accompanied me to Wild Rescue Wildlife Sanctuary The seeds for the establishment of Wild Rescue were sown when the founder, Gill Simpson, visited the Barrydale baboon rehabilitation facility before it was
Wild Rescue is a place of love and a permanent home for animals that cannot be released in the wild. Between Still Bay and the small town of Riversdale (located on the N2 between Cape Town
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
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
Wild 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
A 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.
This 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
Are we conserving nature – or just monetising it? On the 5th of August the South African government quietly published a draft of its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for 2026-2035 [NBSAP], a sweepingly consequential
Look 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
“Not every creature that inspires fear deserves it. Snakes do not seek conflict – only space.” Every year on 16 July, World Snake Day offers an opportunity to celebrate one of nature’s most misunderstood animals. Few
Emojis are not just ornamental; used over 10 billion times daily, when introduced into expressionless text they compensate for tone and mannerism, bridging the gap between written messaging and face-to-face conversations. More than just smiley faces,
Time in nature is time invested in people. Employee Wellness Week is observed annually by the Heart and Stroke foundation South Africa [HFSFA] from July 1 to 7 with a focus on workplace wellness and reducing
If you go back far enough, the story of biodiversity is also the story of astronomy. In the early universe only the light elements such as hydrogen and helium existed. Through immense heat and pressure, the
International Pollinator Week runs from 22-28 June, as a celebration dedicated to protecting the small creatures and creepy crawlies that sustain our ecosystems and food supply. “Life on a Leaf: Celebrating Caterpillars and Host Plants” is
The wind carries no suitcase, yet moves forests, across centuries. From gentle breezes to tempests fierce, air as an animating force in nature and the stuff of breath has always held a secure, if somewhat perplexing
We can never forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one. As go the oceans, so goes the planet. The pioneering French oceanographer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau said that “The ocean is this
“The hunger for good things usually winds up as starvation,” wrote the Nobel Prize-winning poet Czesław Miłosz, born in Lithuania during June 1911 – the conclusive years of the Russian Empire. It’s the paradox of desire:
When biodiversity has a problem, humanity has a problem. Biodiversity is the living fabric of our planet. It underpins human well-being and its rapid decline threatens ecosystems and society alike. May 22 is the International Day
When Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin had his stirring moment seeing 400 prehistoric direwolf skulls arrayed on a wall while visiting the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, little did he know the
Sir David Attenborough, internationally beloved environmental and conservation advocate, marks his 100th birthday on the 8th of May this year. An iconic naturalist and the man who gave a cross-generational voice to wildlife cinema: we celebrate
HESSEQUA – From 24-27 April the annual City Nature Challenge [CNC] by iNaturalist offered international participants a four-day BioBlitz event, using the app to snap photos of fauna and flora in their regions to help track
“The conservation of animals and plants is more important to human beings than we are to them. These forms of life are vital for our survival.” – Laurens van der Post, University of Cape Town, 1982
FARMER’S REVIEW AFRICA – Africa is one of the most biodiverse continents and South Africa is home to the Cape Floral Kingdom – by incredible margins being both the smallest and richest of the six floristic
Smaller sums can make big differences to little lives. GOOD THINGS GUY – Garden Route, South Africa (11 April 2026) – This week Delilah the vervet monkey took a nervous trip to the Still Bay Animal Clinic for a
When it comes to nature; rareness is our narrator in the story of change. GEORGE HERALD – With species extinction accelerating and global biodiversity declining at unprecedented numbers in our history, the Western Cape is showing
GOOD THINGS GUY – Recently the Jane Goodall Institute announced that they will be celebrating the inaugural Jane Goodall Day on the 3rd of April 2026, the date that would have been her 92nd birthday, inviting people worldwide to keep her
GEORGE NEWS – A group of five students raised R28 000 in three weeks for the Wild Rescue Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre in the Klipfontein Nature Reserve, between Still Bay and Riversdale. This was part of
STILBAAI NEWS – A wildfire broke out earlier Wednesday afternoon, 9 March in the Wild Rescue reserve, next to a cottage at Klipfontein, Stilbaai. The cottage was subsequently destroyed by the fire. Garden Route District Municipality
STILBAAI NUUS – Gill Simpson, stigter en uitvoerende direkteur van Wild Rescue, ‘n skuilplek vir wilde diere by die Klipfontein Natuurreservaat is die spreker by U3A Stilbaai se maandelikse praatjie Maandag 31 Oktober om 09:30 in
Gill Simpson is die stigter en Uitvoerende Direkteur van Wild Rescue, ‘n skuilplek vir wilde diere by die Klipfontein Natuurreservaat noord van Stilbaai. Sy is ‘n senior skool onderwyser met ‘n nagraadse graad in Bemarking, en
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