Surveying Ukhahlamba Drakensberg

Dr Thembeka Nxele, KwaZulu-Natal Museum KZN Museum staff doing a survey at Hillside nursery Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife have a project where they are eradicating invasive alien species in all of their parks. Alien plants are being removed and replaced with indigenous...

2021/22 Institutional Outputs

Shanelle Ribeiro, NSCF Hub Institutional outputs for the first quarter (April to June) of the financial year were reported as follows: Comparison of outputs Quarter 4 of 2020/21 and Quarter 1 of 2021/22 The comparison shows that most outputs increased, except for the...
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...
TDWG 2021

TDWG 2021

Early registration now open Register now for TDWG 2021, the virtual conference of Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG), to be held 18–22 October. Register by 1 August 2021 (UTC-4) to qualify for this $50 early registration discount. Special discounts are in place...