The Karoo sea. Yes, the Karoo has beaches, ocean, crashing waves and danger. And there are few seas wilder than the rumbling, tumbling roar of the saltwater that crashes onto the beaches of Oranjemund ...

Illegal harvesting to supply the international horticultural market threatens some of South Africa’s endemic succulent species. The plants — sought for their beauty, rarity and often whimsical shapes ...

Van Zyl’s golden mole is an extraordinary creature. It is more closely related to elephants than to the moles you might find in gardens and parks. It has no visible eyes or ears and it “swims” just ...

A biodiverse region in South Africa is experiencing a plant poaching crisis due to social media trends, driving some species to extinction and threatening the area's ecosystem. According to Yale ...

Western Cape conservation authority, CapeNature has recently acquired a new property connecting two of its biggest nature reserves in the Karoo and extending the protected area to 215 044 ha. "The 12 ...

Windhoek — The Succulent Karoo Ecosystem Programme (SKEP), a global initiative in support of conservation and sustainable development in biodiversity hotspots around the world, will next week hold its ...

Vanrhynsdorp, South Africa (7 April, 2003)-Local groups working to conserve the Succulent Karoo's biodiversity will receive much-needed assistance through US$8 million in grants from the Critical ...

A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, with organised crime groups capitalising on overseas demand. "They've not ...

Illegal harvesting to supply the international horticultural market threatens some of South Africa’s endemic succulent species. The plants – sought for their beauty, rarity and often whimsical shapes ...