Our research in the Cape Floristic Region discovered that fynbos seed banks that have survived over a century of pine plantations are viable.
An indigenous Moraea plant of the Iris family, described as a "Miracle", emerges after decades under a pine plantation outside Stellenbosch.
Former forestry path closures in Lower Tokai Park's Core Conservation Area have resulted from inadvertent brushcutting in April 2024.
The Sugarbird Trust's 2023/24 Annual Report is out and the Letter from its Chairperson makes for inspirational reading.
Researchers of the Agricultural Research Council have released an Invasive Alien Tree Classification Map for the Cape Floristic Region.
A short, illustrated, up-to-date guide to nine of Lower and Upper Tokai Park's most common snakes by our resident herpetologist, Vard Aman.
Herpetologist Vard Aman answers your questions about the much-maligned puff adders of Lower and Upper Tokai Park.
Scientists are increasingly seeing evidence of “dark extinction” in museum and botanical garden collections. By Undark's Katarina Zimmer.
The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) highlights our role in meeting Target 3 of COP15's Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
Same as SANParks' old TCIP. With apologies to Pete Townsend of The Who and his 1971 song, Won't Get Fooled Again.
Paul and Eileen van Helden lay to rest the myth that alien pines (pinus radiata) sequester more carbon than fynbos at Tokai Park.
ChatGPT, the Internet's new BFF, addresses an Open Letter to SANParks' Managing Executives, urging the clear felling of pine at Tokai Park.
Botanists discover a Large-stipule Fountainbush (Psoralea fascicularis) population not previously recorded at Tokai Park.
A new study modelling the streamflows of four small mountain catchments above some of Cape Town's major dams gives us the answer.
Alanna Rebelo introduces scientists comments on the City of Cape Town's draft Urban Forest Policy.
