May 16, 2022 | Latest, New Species
Simon van Noort, Research and Exhibitions Department, Iziko Museums of South Africa The ongoing exploration and documentation of the huge diversity of unknown wasp species in Africa has recently led to the description of new species of rare parasitoid wasp species,...
May 16, 2022 | Latest, Outreach
Fulufhelo Tambani, NSCF Hub How learners were introduced to natural science collections at a science outreach event in rural South Africa. The NSCF team, consisting of myself (Fulufhelo Tambani), Grace Kwinda from the ARC, Siphamandla Mceleli from SAIAB and Phistos...
Mar 3, 2022 | Latest, Value of Collections, Value of collections articles
Written by: Nicklaus Kruger South Africa has an estimated 100 natural science collections at approximately 40 institutions – museums, herbaria, universities, and so on. Together, they provide over 18 million objects or specimens representing about 100,000...
