Save the date, 26-31 July: #BlackBotanistsWeek2021

Save the date, 26-31 July: #BlackBotanistsWeek2021

According to their website, Black Botanists Week is a celebration of Black people who love plants. This plant love manifests in many ways ranging from tropical field ecologist to plant geneticist, from horticulturalist to botanical illustrator. Some of which we have...
The story of the discovery of the Taung Skull

The story of the discovery of the Taung Skull

Bernhard Zipfel, Photographic Competition Second Runner-up: The most iconic specimen Taung is a village situated in the North West Province approximately 80 km North of Kimberley. In 1924 Taung was the site of a limestone quarry. Limestone has many different uses. For...
Old Fourlegs

Old Fourlegs

Louanne Kirton, Photographic Competition Second Runner-up: The ugliest specimen On 22 December 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the Curator of the East London Museum, received a call from the Captain of the Nerine fishing trawler, Hendrik Goosen. He had just returned...