South Africa appears to be falling in step with the rest of the world in the march towards new energy technology.

uge swarms of brown locusts have been an issue in three provinces since September 2021, leaving a trail of destruction in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Northern Cape.

A team of researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), conducted a study to assess the sustainability of urban beekeeping in Switzerland, through the use of a computational model.

A new report has been released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the UN’s authority on climate change – which revealed the latest research on how the Earth is changing and what those changes will mean for the future.

Palm trees (Arecaceae) are iconic tropical forest plants. However, the familiar postcard images of coconut palms leaning over white sandy beaches do not capture the stunning diversity of palms and their importance to humans and ecosystems. 

Invasive, alien species are bad for ecosystems. They reduce bidoversity and disrupt food chains, including our own.